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ERIC Number: EJ394979
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Writing in a Second Language: Negotiating Meaning through Invented Spelling.
Nathenson-Mejia, Sally
Language Arts, v66 n5 p516-26 Sep 1989
Reports a case study which reveals that children use the knowledge they hold about what writing is for, how writing is created, and the conventions of writing in their first language to help them write successfully in the second language. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Grade 1, Second Language Learning, Spelling, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Invented Spelling; Nonnative Speakers
Note: Themed Issue: Language Arts in Multilingual/Multicultural Education.