Speaking Personalities in Primary School Children's L2 Writing.

Maguire, Mary H.; Graves, Barbara

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ERIC Number: EJ639328

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Publication Date: 2001

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Speaking Personalities in Primary School Children's L2 Writing.

Maguire, Mary H.; Graves, Barbara

TESOL Quarterly, v35 n4 p561-93 Win 2001

Explores the complex relationship between second language writing and identity construction through an examination of English-as-a-Second-language learners' journal writing. Adopts a constructivist, sociocultural-historical framework to examine the discourses, texts, and voices of three 8-year-old Muslim girls as they learn English in a culturally diverse primary school in Montreal. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Females, Foreign Countries, Journal Writing, Muslims, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Journals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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