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ERIC Number: EJ381716
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Understanding Basic Writers (Research in the Classroom).
Fairbanks, Colleen M.
English Journal, v77 n8 p77-79 Dec 1988
Discusses how research in error analysis and discourse analysis can help teachers understand basic writers. Argues that the role of teachers is to recognize basic writers' attempts to construct meaningful prose by focusing on both the meaning of the text and the meaning of students' writing errors. (MM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Response, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Basic Writers; Writing Attitudes