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Direct linkBurrell, Andrew; Beard, Roger – Education 3-13, 2018
There has been little research into how children use language play in writing. The unprompted language play of 36 children was investigated through their writing of a short advertisement. The sample comprised three attainment sub-groups from a larger repeat-design study of persuasive writing in the 9-11 age-range. The writing was analysed using…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Elementary School Students, Persuasive Discourse, Qualitative Research
Burrell, Andrew; Beard, Roger – Education 3-13, 2018
There has been little research into 'language play', the manipulation of language for enjoyment, in children's narrative writing. The unprompted language play of 36 children was investigated in their writing of an imaginative story. The sample comprised three attainment sub-groups from a larger repeat-design quantitative study of writing…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Language Usage, Imagination, Elementary School Students
