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Peer reviewedYoung, Dolly Jesusita – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
Cognitive and affective responses to one authentic and three edited texts were examined with four levels of university-level learners of Spanish. Results indicated that all students comprehended significantly more from the authentic passage than from the edited ones and also responded more favorably to the authentic passages. (Contains 47…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Editing, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedGaudiani, Claire – French Review, 1979
Discusses a French course designed to help students learn the dynamics of good writing and become sensitive to style. The approach to teaching writing relies on in-class editing of compositions that students produce on a weekly basis. (NCR)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Editing, English, French
