Title

Familiar Strangers: International Students in the U.S. Composition Course

Author(s)

Elena Lawrick, Purdue University
Fatima Esseili (0000-0003-1127-6240), University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2015

Publication Source

ESL Readers and Writers in Higher Education: Understanding Challenges, Providing Support

Abstract

Many will recognize this sketch of new international undergraduates at a U.S. university: Excited. Jet-lagged. Late to class because they got lost on a big campus. Overwhelmed by myriad things to do on the first days of the semester. Confused by the English language that sounds so different. Thrown into a first-year writing course instrumental to their academic success.

Inclusive pages

80-94

ISBN/ISSN

978-1138791718

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

The document available for download is the authors' accepted manuscript, provided in compliance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving. Permission documentation is on file.

Citation information for the book in which this chapter appears:

Evans, Norman W., Neil J. Anderson, and William Eggington. 2015. ESL Readers and Writers in Higher Education : Understanding Challenges, Providing Support. ESL and Applied Linguistics Professional Series. New York : Routledge.

Publisher

Routledge

Place of Publication

New York, NY

eCommons Citation

Lawrick, Elena and Esseili, Fatima, "Familiar Strangers: International Students in the U.S. Composition Course" (2015). English Faculty Publications. 127.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eng_fac_pub/127