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ERIC Number: EJ621172
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
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A Writing Exercise with the "OED."
Burkle-Young, Francis A.
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v28 n3 p316-23 Mar 2001
Describes a writing exercise with the "Oxford English Dictionary" that teaches students about research and attention to detail. Describes how the exercise, which involves the student in a set of serial tasks, makes students comfortable with the OED, teaches them how to extract full details of any word, and teaches students to take bibliographical notes and citations in many forms. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Research Skills, Student Research, Writing Assignments, Writing Exercises, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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