at Florida State University

On the surface, ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 have quite a few similarities: the process approach for both courses devotes more time to invention and revision activities than to general discussions or lectures; weekly in-class writing and peer group work are essential; students’ own texts are given more attention and more closely responded to than professional texts; attention to mechanics occurs in the contexts of student papers and in an appropriate sequence in writing processes; collaborative writing and response is encouraged; self-reflective writing in process memos and self-evaluations are part of each paper sequence; two individual conferences are required. On a theoretical level, both courses are based on the goals of a problem-posing education which asks students to move toward critical awareness of their own positions, individually and as part of groups, in the context of the meaning of an active citizenship in a diverse society.