Integrating Writing and Speaking into your Subject

First Principles for an Effective CI Subject	How to Integrate CI Instruction with Content
Why is communication taught in CI subjects rather than in its own subject?	How can the readings help students learn disciplinary methods and communication practices?
How do students learn to communicate professionally?	How can writing help students learn to think in this discipline?
How do communication practices vary by discipline?	How can speaking help students learn to think in this discipline?
How can writing help students learn content?	How can the specific writing and speaking practices of a discipline best be taught?
How can speaking help students learn content?	How can communication instruction be linked logically to the subject content?
The Role of Writing Across the Curriculum	How can students learn to use sources appropriately?
How do WAC lecturers work with students and course faculty in CI subjects?	How can students learn to start their assignments earlier?
How else can WAC help develop CI subjects?	How can students learn to revise effectively?

Designing Effective Assignments	Evaluating and Responding to CI Assignments
Assignment design principles	How can feedback promote learning and revision?
Writing Assignments so Students can Succeed	How can students provide useful feedback to their peers?
Designing writing assignments	Do workshopping and peer review really work?
Designing formal speaking assignments	How can conferencing with students be effective without taking forever?
Designing informal speaking assignments	What are best practices for responding to student writing?
Designing assignments to discourage plagiarism	How can comments teach communication principles, rather than editing mistakes?
Advice on sequencing assignments	Helping students improve sentence-level skills
Collaborating with the WAC lecturers on assignment design	How can student writing best be evaluated?
	How can student speaking performances best be evaluated?
	Where can students gain more individual help with their writing and speaking?

Examples/Best Practices	More Resources for CI Instruction
Examples of effective CI subjects	Writing and Communication Center
Examples of effective writing assignments	Communication Requirement Office
Examples of effective oral presentation assignments	Foundational texts
Examples of evaluation criteria	More Online Resources
Examples of responses to student writing	Handouts
Examples of responses to oral presentations
Examples of effective informal speaking assignments