New Encounters with an Old Course

Rethinking my Composition Course Approaches for a Highly Diverse Class

Authors

  • Yasmin Rioux

Keywords:

Multilingual student writers, Narrative writing, Genres

Abstract

In this narrative, the author reflects on her experience of teaching a writing course to an extraordinarily diverse group of undergraduate writers. She highlights that the teaching experience allowed the class to negotiate writing practices and culturally-bound assumptions. The teaching of a highly diverse composition class reemphasized how important contextual consideration is, and how past experiences can hinder one’s ability to plan with an open mind.

Author Biography

Yasmin Rioux

Yasmin Rioux, Ph.D. has taught college English, Communication, and ESL for over a decade. She received her Ph.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in English Composition and Applied Linguistics in 2017 and has contributed to her fields through several publications and presentations. Her primary research interests are multilingual writers, narrative writing, interdisciplinary work, environmental writing, and Ecocomposition. Yasmin recently relocated to Germany from the USA, and now works fulltime at IU International University of Applied Sciences.

Aside of engaging in writing for various purposes and contexts, Dr. Rioux is passionate about exploring the outdoors with her family and supporting efforts for a more equal and just society for all.

An 80s themed cover that displays an old school desktop computer and an illustration of Shakespeare with 80s yellow sunglasses and an old school cell phone.

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Published

2023-10-02

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (2023): Summer/Fall 2023

Section

Columns

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