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ERIC Number: EJ548826
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
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Literacy Acquisition through Literature (Literacy Issues in Focus).
Langer, Judith A.
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v40 n8 p606-14 May 1997
Discusses a project and study that focused on literacy acquisition among middle school students from the Dominican Republic attending a school on Manhattan's lower East Side. Describes how a book writing project focusing on "stories from home" engaged students, taught them ways to discuss and ways to think, and fostered their literacy acquisition through literature. (SR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Class Activities, Classroom Research, Diversity (Student), English (Second Language), Literacy, Literature Appreciation, Middle Schools, Reading Improvement, Secondary Education, Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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