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Vasquez, Camilla – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
Narrative research in TESOL still remains very much in its infancy. And the predominant mode of narrative research in TESOL--following the trend in educational research, as well as in other social sciences--has clearly been that of narrative inquiry, with its concomitant privileging of autobiographical "big stories", or researcher-elicited…
Descriptors: Educational Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Research Methodology
Gould, Christopher – 1994
For a composition teacher--comparing a passage from his Caucasian grandmother's (May Blossom Gould's) diary with the autobiographical narrative dictated by an African-American student's great-great grandmother (Violet McNeil) to a literate member of her family--racial politics and the privileges afforded by literacy irrevocably separate the two…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Blacks, College Students, Comparative Analysis
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Jensen, Marvin D. – Communication Education, 1984
Explores the use of introspective writing by others as a means of understanding two characteristics of intrapersonal communication: the process of selective memory which defines and redefines personal history and the pattern of habitual thinking which confirms self-identity. Recommends the classroom use of memoirs and journals. (PD)
Descriptors: Authors, Autobiographies, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Campbell, Kermit E. – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1994
Outlines the function of the "signifying monkey" in African American oral traditions. Focuses on vernacular discourse and African American personal narratives to discover linguistic and cultural features of African American students. Argues that these identity features be placed at the center of writing instruction for African Americans.…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Black Literature, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes