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Freewriting: An Interhemispheric Approach to Language Communication.

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Shirai, Hiroaki – 1995

The use of freewriting in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction as a means of promoting communicative competence is examined, particularly as it may improve high-school-level ESL instruction in Japan. First, the educational environment of Japanese high schools is described, and some problems with the teaching of ESL writing are outlined.…

Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis