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ERIC Number: ED144076
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 10
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Reference Count: 0
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Increasing Linguistic Self-Respect through Sentence Combining.
Chappel, James H.
This paper discusses the use of simple sentence-combining exercises as a way to show students the unlimited capacity of their own language. Using sets consisting of eight, six, four, and three sentences, no two students of the 27 in a freshman composition class produced identical rewrites of any one set. Such exercises are useful for instilling a measure of linguistic self-respect early in the course. (AA)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Higher Education, Linguistic Competence, Self Concept, Sentence Combining, Syntax, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (28th, Kansas City, Missouri, March 31-April 2, 1977)