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ERIC Number: EJ346933
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Voice and Role in Reading and Writing.
Barrs, Myra
Language Arts, v64 n2 p207-18 Feb 1987
Discusses how role-taking can provide a viewpoint for a writer and a real audience for children's writing. Argues that role-taking offers a more accessible route to certain kinds of language uses, particularly impersonal genres and written standard forms that are educationally valued, than direct instruction. (SRT)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Perspective Taking, Reading Instruction, Role Playing, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Thematic Issue: Empowerment.