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Tagged: English

Best fiction of the 21st century?

NIU English faculty members weigh in on top novels, other works

  • March 24, 2016
OK, we are somewhere between ankle and knee deep into the 21st century. From a literary perspective, what does the new era have to show for itself? By the time…

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American dream

Parents of NIU Student Lincoln Laureate Kiranjit Gill emigrated
from India to U.S. for opportunity—and their daughter found it

  • October 20, 2015
In 1998, when Kiranjit Gill was just 4 years old, her parents left their homeland of Punjab, India, and traveled to the United States, settling in Palatine, Illinois. They wanted…

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F-bombed

Is our culture really more profane than in the past?

  • September 30, 2015
“In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.” —Mark Twain, a Biography A few years back, Jeff Chown was teaching an NIU…

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Learning English in Afghanistan

English, English Everywhere

Why does the rest of the world want to speak English?

  • September 16, 2015
It’s impossible to watch a newscast this month without seeing coverage of the flood of Syrians trying to make their way to Europe. Each features at least one interview with…

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Under-the-radar careers

Undecided on your major? You might want to check out these six jobs

  • September 2, 2015
So you’re an undecided freshman trying to find a major? Or maybe a sophomore who is interested in changing your career course? Not to worry—you’re not alone. Studies have found…

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Amy Newman ‘howls’

In work dedicated to Toni Keller, NIU poet transforms legendary Ginsberg poem

  • August 6, 2015
NIU freshman Toni Keller ventured off campus on a sunny day in October 2010, a sketchbook and camera in hand. She never returned, and while a man was later convicted…

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“Go Teacher” students from Ecuador at NIU’s Literacy on the Lawn event

The Languages of Learning

Ecuadorian educators at NIU prepare to renovate their teaching

  • July 22, 2015
While a mid-July blast of heat and humidity makes DeKalb swelter, a group of English teachers from Ecuador absorb a lecture on “learning strategy instruction” inside McMurry Hall. Metacognitive strategies….

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