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DATE: February 10, 2006
CONTACT: Donna Myers, 206.546.4717

Developmental English Program wins national award

Shoreline, WA — Shoreline CC's Developmental English program has been awarded an Honorable Mention in an awards program conducted by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The Diana Hacker TYCA Outstanding Programs in English Awards for Two-Year Teachers and Colleges is given annually and honors faculty and colleges for exemplary programs that enhance students’ language learning, helping them to achieve their college, career, and personal goals. Shoreline's program was nominated by another college.  The award letter states that Shoreline's program is being rewarded for its "originality, commitment, and high standards." After reviewing the Developmental English Program in the 1990s, faculty

Overall, only four two year colleges in the entire country were selected for recognition. The achievement will be noted in a national journal, Teaching English in the Two-year College, and on the TYCA web site. Shoreline will be honored at the TYCA Breakfast at the CCCC (Conference on College Composition and Communication) Convention in Chicago on March 25th, 2006.

Shoreline's program prepares students to think, read and write for college courses. It serves students who have been identified as under-prepared for college. The three courses ? Critical Thinking in College and Life, Reading and Writing in the Academic Subjects, and Analytical Reading and Writing, integrate skill development with carefully chosen content. Students also learn intellectual strategies that help them succeed in college.

Students learn to think critically and reflectively in the critical thinking course by looking into themselves and out at their family, college, work and civic communities. Strategies for reading, writing, problem-solving, self-reflection, group process, time management, goal-setting and involvement are learned in the context of their own college and life interests. In the Analytical Reading class, students develop academic skills in critical reading, writing, and thinking that students need to perform college-level work. Readings may cross disciplines, genres, and cultures.

Shoreline Community College is located at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, just west of Aurora Avenue and north of Seattle city limits.

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