Advanced College Writing in ESL
English 118, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
About ESL 118
Instructor: Andrew Anastasia
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-3:15 (Section 004) and 3:30-4:45 p.m. (Section 005)
Bolton Hall B80
English 118 introduces students to college-level reading and writing practices through a sequence of writing assignments that integrates critical reading, writing, and reflection. The course builds on what students already know about reading and writing and it invites them to develop more complicated composing strategies for responding to their own and others' concerns.
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-3:15 (Section 004) and 3:30-4:45 p.m. (Section 005)
Bolton Hall B80
English 118 introduces students to college-level reading and writing practices through a sequence of writing assignments that integrates critical reading, writing, and reflection. The course builds on what students already know about reading and writing and it invites them to develop more complicated composing strategies for responding to their own and others' concerns.
Philosophy of the First-Year Writing Program
UWM's first-year writing courses aim to contribute to your becoming a successful writer in college and beyond. At the same time, it is important to understanding writing as something other than a set of skills that can be mastered and universally applied to any and all writing situations. Writing takes place in ever-changing contexts, and, in the university, those contexts are often shaped by disciplines, each with its own history, ways of researching, and writing conventions. All contexts, though, challenge us to read and think critically, to listen carefully to what matters to others, to respond to complex personal, social, and political issues, to evaluate and analyze information critically, and to write in ways that are clear and compelling.
Our Course Texts
X-Mission
"X-Mission" is a film and video by Ursula Biemann that explores Palestinian refugee camps as one of the oldest extraterritorial zones in the world.
Remembrance
"Remembrance: The Child I Never Was" is an essay by Annette Kuhn wherein she explores a family photograph.
The Science of Racism
On September 24, NPR show Radiolab aired a 25-minute segment on Yellow Rain. Their stories provoked a scientific controversy that still hasn't been resolved. In its podcast, Radiolab set out to find the "fact of the matter."
Questions? Please send me an e-mail.
Andrew Anastasia
Department of English
Department of English
Email: andrewa@uwm.edu
Website: andrewanastasia.com
Location: 485 Curtin Hall, University of Milwaukee, WI
Phone: 414-229-2019
Twitter: @aganastasia