The January 2016 issue of 
College English deals with new approaches to language difference in writing classrooms and in culture. John Trimbur “trace[s] a branch of translingualism to its source.”
Tag: teaching writing
NEW AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY! MULTIMODAL TEACHING
From the March 2016 Computers and Composition:
Bourelle et al. compare teaching multimodal projects in face-to-face versus online environments.
THIS WEEK AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY!
Timothy J. San Pedro disputes stereotypes of Native American students as unresponsive. From the November 2015 Research in the Teaching of English.
NEW AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY!
In the December 2015 issue of College Composition and Communication, Chase Bollig argues for making “the citizen-worker” the “subject of composition.” http://tinyurl.com/jrey64u
THIS WEEK’S SUMMARY AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY!
From the new issue of College English: Jenny Rice argues for a new understanding of “expertise”
to engage writing students in problem-posing and solving.
BATTLE IS LOST: Welcome to “Singular They”!
A sad day for grammar purists: The Washington Post will allow “singular they”!
Can I use “they”?NEW AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY: IMPORTANT READ!
For college educators:
From The Journal of Writing Assessment: Joanne Addison reports on the growing influence of the Common Core State Standards Initiative in college classrooms. I hope this is on your radar!
THIS WEEK AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY: “Relational Labor” in Composition
T J Geiger II, writing in the Fall 2015 issue of Composition Studies, investigates the prevalence of “affective” pedagogy in independent undergraduate writing majors and its potential effects on disciplinarity. http://wp.me/p5NPq1-3Q
THIS WEEK AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY!
Tinberg, Howard. Transfer at Community Colleges. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Sept. 2015. http://wp.me/p5NPq1-3L
NEW THIS WEEK AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY: COLLABORATIVE COURSE DESIGN IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING.
A detailed discussion of course design for an upper-level scientific writing class: Combs, D. Shane, Erin A. Frost, and Michelle F. Eble. “”Collaborative Course Design in Scientific Writing: Experimentation and Productive Failure.” Composition Studies 43.2 (2015): 132-49. Web. 11 Nov. 2015.