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Peer reviewedColeman, Charles F. – College Composition and Communication, 1997
Examines phonological transfer in developmental student writing (spelling or word configurations that represent what the writer hears). Examines two discourse features--"by strings" and "topic/comment" sentence structures. Analyzes a developmental writing African American student's essay, demonstrating the power and tension in…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Black Dialects, Black Students
Peer reviewedAgnew, Eleanor; McLaughlin, Margaret – Journal of Basic Writing, 1999
Discusses how a five-year longitudinal study of 61 basic writers suggest little correlation between the first-year course and overall success in college. Notes the much lower long-term success rate for African-American basic writers who passed the basic writing course. Suggests that reading is a stronger determinant of college success for at-risk…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Black Students, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedCook-Gumperz, Jenny – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Presents the case study of an African-American woman returning to a basic skills program in an inner-city community college, examining in particular a writing conference with the task of transforming telling of an experience into writing about it. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Black Students
