EAP101 Fall 2019 — Library — Austin Woerner's Memory Palace

Daniel Pink, Drive

Based on scientific research on motivation, author Daniel Pink lays out some big ideas about how humans can work more effectively and lead more satisfying lives.

daniel-pink-driveAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, EAP101B Fall 2020

History of a Liberal Arts Education

A brief overview of how the idea of a liberal arts education originated and evolved over the years, resulting in the present U.S. institution of a liberal arts college.

history-liberal-arts-educAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Brian Leggett, "Classical Rhetoric: An Overview of Its Early Development

A brief history of how rhetoric—communication with the goal of persuasion—became an important field of study in ancient Greece and Rome.

leggett-classical-rhetoriAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Daniel Pink, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko

A quirky career advice book written in the form of a manga, by the author of Drive.

daniel-pink-johnny-bunkoAustin WoernerNovember 7, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019

Deliberations

Deliberations is a journal of outstanding student essays produced in Writing 101, Duke University’s freshman writing course.

deliberationsAustin WoernerOctober 30, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

All About Essays

An amateur mini-documentary by Austin Woerner

I asked twelve Duke Kunshan a few basic questions about essays. Here’s what they said.

all-about-essaysAustin WoernerOctober 28, 2019Videos, EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Nicola Prentis, "Feel More Fun in French"

In this short article published in Quartz, a popular business magazine, Nicola Prentis examines the academic research behind the common observation that people feel like they have different personalities in different languages.

prentis-fun-in-frenchAustin WoernerOctober 8, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019

Jhumpa Lahiri, "Teach Yourself Italian"

Famed American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri explains her decision to remake herself as a writer—in Italian.

jhumpa-lahiri-italianAustin WoernerOctober 3, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019

Robert Gardner and Wallace Lambert, "Attitudes and Motivation in Second-Language-Learning”

This book, published in 1972, introduced the influential ideas of “integrative” and “instrumental” motivation to learn a language.

gardner-lambert-attitudesAustin WoernerSeptember 19, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019

Joan Rubin, "What the 'Good Language Learner' Can Teach Us

In this influential essay first published in 1975, language-learning researcher Joan Rubin explores the question: Is there a particular set of strategies used by good language learners that contributes to their success?

rubin-good-language-learnAustin WoernerSeptember 3, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019

Gary Althen and Janet Bennet, "Ways of Reasoning"

This chapter from the guidebook American Ways analyzes some common ways that Americans think and express themselves.

ways-of-reasoningAustin WoernerJune 26, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Lauren Razavi, "Language Learning: What Motivates Us?"

In this article in The Guardian, Lauren Razavi explores what motivates language learners.

lauren-razavi-language-leAustin WoernerJune 26, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019

Angel Lin, "English and Me: My Language Learning Journey"

Linguist Angel Lin writes about the role English study played in her life while growing up in Hong Kong.

angela-lin-english-and-meAustin WoernerJune 26, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019

Lydia Machova, The Secrets of Learning a New Language

Language-learning enthusiast Lydia Machova explains what she believes to be the key to success in language learning.

lydia-machova-ted-talkAustin WoernerJune 11, 2019TED talks, Videos, EAP101 Fall 2019

Alison Mackey, "Wanting it enough: Why motivation is the key to language learning"

In this article published in the British newspaper The Guardian, linguist Alison Mackey overviews the subject of motivation in language learning.

Mackey - Wanting itAustin WoernerAugust 6, 2018EAP101, EAP101 Fall 2019

Peter Hessler, "River Town"

Rivertown is Peter Hessler's memoir of living and teaching in rural Sichuan province as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1990s. It is one of the most widely read accounts in the English-speaking world of living in China as a foreigner.

Zoltan Dornyei and Magdalena Kubanyiova, "Motivating Learners, Motivating Teachers"

Excerpts from Motivating Learners, Motivating Teachers: Building Vision in the Language Classroom, by Zoltan Dornyei and Magdalena Kubanyiova.

Yiyun Li, "Listening is Believing"

A short personal essay in which author Yiyun Li describes her childhood in 1980s Beijing and the origins of her desire to study English.

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