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February 05, 2005
Tentative plans
Very tentative, indeed; but I'm beginning to recover enough that I can project what might turn out to be feasible. Keep your eye on the blog for updates; here's what I have so far:
It's easy to stay home, rest, and recover, secure in the knowledge that Collin's doing an outstanding job of leading class discussion. He and I have talked, and he is expecting to conduct class again this Thursday 2/10.
Meanwhile, you and I will use the blog to develop your projects; it is here that we will work together on them at least until I can return to campus. It is my hope that on Sunday, 2/6, I will be able to work in several short sessions to respond to your project proposals. I will be posting those responses here on the blog, not over email, so you need to check here daily for what's happening. I will categorize my responses under your name so that you can find them easily. And when you respond to my response, please do it on the blog, and please remember to categorize your entry under your name; otherwise, I may miss it. If you feel a need to communicate with me in a confidential way, use email, but expect a slower response; I'm doing very little emailing just now.
Note that your 2/10 assignment includes a statement of methods and a preliminary bibliography for your project. I'm assuming that you're already at work on this, and I'm hoping that my 2/6 response to your initial statement of interests will help move you along. As an experienced academic, I'm at the same time aware that many of you will be working at the last minute to complete this 2/10 assignment. (At the weekly meeting of Academic Procrastinators Anonymous, I begin with "Hi. I'm Becky, and I take on too much work and then put off beginning it.") If you haven't begun the project portion of the 2/10 assignment yet, though, get on it immediately. Completing it at the last minute is fine; starting it at the last minute puts you at a conceptual disadvantage that won't help your development of the project.
The statement of methods + bibliography is 5% of your course grade. You're required to have a good first draft up by 2/10, and as soon as it's up, I'll be responding to it. You'll then have till 2/13 to post a revised version that I will then grade.
I'm now sincerely hoping that I'll be back in class on 2/17. I won't know for sure till I see the doctor on 2/16, though.
Posted by senioritis at February 5, 2005 10:18 AM
Comments
Hi Becky,
I was wondering what kind proposal you are looking for. Should I state how I am going to conduct my research? Originally I wanted to create a bibliography concerning the composition history in Spanglish. I am certain that although there are many titles that refer to composition and Spanish, those on Spanglish number few. Is there a model for what you what like to see on the 10th? Thanks, and feel better!
Posted by: denise at February 6, 2005 02:57 PM
Guidelines are posted in as much specificity as I can concoct. Let me know what further questions you have. To research Spanglish scholarship in comp/rhet, I think you'll need to cast your net wider, and look at publications on Spanish language and speakers in comp classes. While there may be a bunch of research on Spanglish in linguistics, there's not likely to be much in comp/rhet. You should feel free to find a few of these extra-disciplinary sources and include them in your bibliography. Do you know how to search the library databases? Let me know if not. The freshest source in comp/rhet on Latino/a discourse is this one, and I'd like you to include it (or some of the essays in it) in your research:
Kells, Michelle Hall, Valerie Balester, and Victor Villanueva, eds. Latino/a Discourses: On Language, Identity, and Literacy Education. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2004.
I don't really have a guideline for number of sources, but I'm assuming that what you include might amount to 6 books; or 20 articles or essays; or some mixture of the two.
Posted by: senioritis at February 7, 2005 04:31 PM