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ERIC Number: EJ355662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-8322
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"You Stopped Too Soon": Second Language Children Composing and Revising.
Urzua, Carole
TESOL Quarterly, v21 n2 p279-304 Jun 1987
A six-month observational study of Southeast Asian children (N=4) as they wrote and revised various pieces in English (their second language) revealed that the subjects developed three areas of writing skill: a sense of audience, a sense of voice, and a sense of power in language. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Feedback, Language Skills, Peer Influence, Second Language Learning, Skill Development, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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