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ERIC Number: EJ581428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
The Need to Understand ESL Students' Native Language Writing Experiences.
Dong, Yu Ren
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v26 n3 p277-85 Mar 1999
Investigates English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' native literacy-learning experiences, via written learning autobiographies of 26 students from at least eight different countries. Discusses writing instruction in students' native languages; most satisfying writing assessment in their native languages; and differences between writing in their native language and English. Draws five conclusions for ESL instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Experience, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Secondary Education, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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