English 1301 MODULE 3 ASSIGNMENT

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Jane Smith

Mrs. Miranda

ENGL1301.000

4 November 2016

Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

My research for Essay 3 will involve looking into the problem of developmental English

courses and the low rates of success for students who take those classes. In my research, I have

learned that many students who take basic courses have difficulty passing to college-level classes

and often have to repeat those classes several times before succeeding. This issue is quite

complicated as it includes many variables, such as socio-economic status, scope of high school

education, first language spoken, language acquisition, race and/or ethnicity, literacy in the

home, educational level of parent(s), and more. I propose that a class be developed involving

multicultural readings integrated with writings that will help students gain the skills needed for

them to move out of basic classes and into college-level classes.

Works Cited

Freire, Paolo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 1970. 30th Anniversary ed., Translated by Myra

Bergman Ramos, Continuum, 2000. After witnessing the abject poverty of his native Brazil,

Freire devised his pedagogy in order to educate the oppressed, to liberate and give voice to

the downtrodden. He states that when people are repeatedly told they have not right to an

education and do not have the intelligence to succeed, they begin to believe such statements

themselves and often do not feel worthy of a college education (63). Freire advocates the

teacher’s solidarity with the oppressed students, so they can be “jointly responsible for a

process in which all grow” (80). The students are involved in the process of choosing the

content of the educational program. The program results in thematic discoveries through

dialogue that lead to the formation of identity and empowerment, which will lead, in turn, to

societal change.

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Freire’s revolutionary ideas may be adopted in the basic writing classroomand the

course that I am designing. Like the oppressed of whom he writes, basic writers often

believe they are incapable of learning after internalizing negative comments by previous

teachers. In addition, many basic writers come from economically disadvantaged, minority,

or immigrant backgrounds. By applying Freire’s methods to my research, students may be

empowered to change their own circumstances as well as societal ills. The author’s argument

is reasonable as it is based on the balanced use of logical and ethical appeals with the use

emotional appeals in the form of real life examples, which are very effective in proving his

points. He uses statistics, expert opinions, first-hand accounts, and more to support his

position. This source is written by an expert in the field. Paolo Freire received his PhD from

the University of Recife and became a professor of History and Philosophy of Education at

the same institution. At the time of his landmark publication, Freire served as consultant to

the World Council of Churches in Geneva (31). This work is written from an academic

perspective and is based on research and facts. Therefore, it exhibits no bias of which I am

aware.

**Note: Your paragraphs do not have to be quite as long as the ones in this example in order to meet the assignment requirements.

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