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Britton, James N. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1984
Reviews the present status of the categories developed by the Writing Research Unit at the University of London for classifying discourse function. (HOD)
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing
Rymes, Betsy; Anderson, Kate – Research in the Teaching of English, 2004
Understandings of the ways home and school languages shape classroom dynamics and influence development, identity, and subsequent school success are important for teachers of both bilingual and African American students. This article builds a link between these complementary bodies of research by analyzing interactions in a second grade mainstream…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Sociolinguistics, Monolingualism, Bilingualism

Hartwell, Patrick – Research in the Teaching of English, 1980
Examines arguments in favor of the notion of dialect interference in writing; offers counterevidence and explores an alternative explanation for apparent dialect interference in writing. Concludes that pedagogies for teaching writing skills to native speakers of English that assume dialect interference are theoretically wrong, pedagogically…
Descriptors: Dialects, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education