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Rob, Thanks for joining in. I'm interested in what your issues or conflict zones are in terms of teaching writing/rhetoric ... where you want to go and what obstacles are in the way. I'm also kind of interested in how "writing" gets defined by its generic uses and users in Engineering, and also how other teachers/scholars in writing/language tend to perceive you as a WAC person. From studying the website at U of Calgary, I'm finding that there's a whole other world out there in terms of communication studies. They teach rhetoric too, and I also teach visual literacy in my comp class ... but how come I haven't heard much about that field and what they do, even though I am in rhetoric/composition? It just seems like we should know more about what each other is doing. There's a bunch of little clubs and camps out there teaching writing, hiding in separate parts of the country and university campus, doing a lot of overlapping work. Tania At 04:03 PM 2/20/99 -0500, you wrote: >Tania: > >I haven't been paying much attention to this discussion until today, but >you mentioned interest in writing outside English, so I guess my ears >perked up. I coordinate a "Language Across the Curriculum" program in >Engineering at that Harvard of the North Christine mentioned. We do a >couple of courses, but we are more of a WAC+speaking operation. What do >you want to know? You can e-mail me directly if you want. > >Rob Irish > >************************************************* >Dr. Robert Irish >Coordinator of Language Across the Curriculum >Applied Science and Engineering >University of Toronto >416.978.6708 >************************************************* > >