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Activity: Recent Content in TPC Journals and Publications Journal: Teaching English in the Two-Year College (TETYC) // Teaching English in the Two-Year College // (TETCY) is a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). NCTE is “devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.” NCTE has several journals and periodicals for all grade levels/areas of interest in English and language arts. Subscribers have access to the issues online by topic. TETYC is published four times per year (September, December, March, May). A subscription is $20 per year for members. There are over 60,000 members and subscribers in the US and other countries. “Anyone interested in advancing English language arts education is welcome to join the NCTE membership community.” Special note: TETYC was founded at East Carolina University. Other features include professional news, announcements and poetry. (Reviewed poetry focused on teaching: classroom situations, experience with nontraditional students, “aha” moments in teaching.) In each issue, TETYC also includes regional reports from The Two-Year College English Association (TYCA). These reports focused on specific topics including a yearly report on regional conventions. Key words and phrases from September 2005 – May 2008 (Volumes 33, 34, & 35) || Ongoing themes: relationship between two and four year institutions; community college as an egalitarian institution; faculty as scholar/researcher/teacher; issues of adjunct faculty; issues about and strategies for teaching nontraditional students. || 2005-06  ||   2006-07  ||   2007-08  ||  Vol. 33, No. 1 Sept. 2005  || Vol. 34, No. 1 Sept. 2006 || Vol. 35, No. 1 Sept. 2007 || Special report: faculty as scholar/researcher or effective teacher. Exploring language snobbery and student social class; alternative teaching tools; using composition/literature in ESL classes; writing for citizenship/civic engagement results. Regional theme: research/teaching. || Preparing English students to teach in egalitarian community colleges; evaluating students using transfer of writing skills and self-evaluation; assessment as a teaching tool; interdisciplinary teaching. Regional theme: attention-getting assignments. || History of two-year English faculty; faculty as scholar/teacher; survey of grammar articles; challenging racial assumptions; teaching writing to diverse group; preparing ESL students to be professionals. Regional theme: definition of college level writing || Vol. 33, No. 2 Dec. 2005  || Vol. 34, No. 2 Dec. 2006 || Vol. 35, No. 2 Dec. 2007 || Special focus: social class and community college—history, as component of classroom, using student narratives as advocacy, adjunct faculty as second class citizens; language as identity. Reviews of fiction anthologies. Regional theme: collegiality. || Teaching vs. research; teaching standard English to non-standard students; biased language in classroom; survival stories—teaching as helping; interdisciplinary teaching; evaluating students with online data. Regional theme: writing centers. || Professional/private identity; embellished life narratives as teaching strategy; writing topics based on interest; writing with Shakespeare and personal expression; teaching standard English in social/cultural context; rethinking punishment for plagiarism; Interdisciplinary teaching. Regional theme: professional identity. || Vol. 33, No. 3 Mar 2006  || Vol. 34, No. 3 Mar. 2007 || Vol. 35, No. 3 Mar. 2008 || Special focus: writing centers—history, as collaborative effort, supporting work for common good. Evaluation, peer review, grading. Special insert: Forum newsletter on adjunct, part-time staff. Regional theme: review of conferences. || Special section: writing assignments—using email, culture literacy, personal interviews, history/poetry relationship. Written evaluations as helpful or as barriers to learning; exploring students’ provisional status. Special insert: Forum newsletter on adjunct, part-time staff. Regional theme: review of conferences. || Program administrator professionalism vs. student needs; alternative teaching strategies; using self-revised essay vs. timed tests to evaluate; adjunct faculty; teaching nontraditional students. Special insert: Forum newsletter on adjunct, part-time staff. Regional theme: review of conferences. || Vol. 33, No. 4 May 2006  || Vol. 34, No. 4 May 2007 || Vol. 35, No. 4 May 2008 || Using student life experiences to teach; meeting needs/interest of students; utilizing online learning; celebrating the teacher-scholar. Regional theme: adjunct teacher training. || Nontraditional students; using personal stories to bridge life/school; sharing traumatic stories; using paranormal and digital literature as teaching strategies; timed test as assignments. Regional theme: new starts and fresh ideas. || Achievements of research/scholar agenda; investment in peer writing tutors; using technology to avoid creating underserved class; welcoming working class students; composition as interdisciplinary field. Regional theme: nontraditional materials. ||
 * Target Audience ** : English instructors in two-year colleges; first and second year composition teachers in four-year institutions
 * Focus ** : Publishes articles on composition; business, technical and creative writing; teaching literature in the first two years of college; staffing; assessment; technology; administrating writing programs; speech, journalism, reading, study skills, ESL and other professional issues. Articles may be presented from a theoretical or practical perspective. Submitted articles are reviewed by a blind review by a minimum of two outside readers with final decision made by the editor. Other materials are selected by the editorial staff.
 * Regular features: ** 1) Instructional Notes (articles describing successful classroom practices), 2) Review of books, software and other nonprint materials, 3) Readers Write (short comments on published articles or professional issues) and 4) What Works for Me (very brief descriptions of successful classroom activities).
 * Teaching English in the Two-Year College **
 * Teaching English in the Two-Year College **