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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec-21
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Lessons for WAC/WID from Language Learning Research: Multicompetence, Register Acquisition, and the College Writing Student
Hall, Jonathan; Navarro, Nela
Across the Disciplines, v8 n4 Dec 2011
This article is a collaboration between WAC/WID and second language acquisition (SLA) specialists. It examines alternate disciplinary notions of the place of writing among other skills and adapts concepts from SLA theory and pedagogy with the goal of providing new interdisciplinary options for WAC/WID research and classroom practice.
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Content Area Writing, Second Language Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Undergraduate Students, Discourse Communities, Language Skills, Language Usage, Writing Instruction, Psycholinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Rhetoric, Writing (Composition), Learning Theories, Competence, Multilingualism, Monolingualism, Writing Skills, Literary Genres, Multiple Literacies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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