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Direct linkKenkel, James; Yates, Robert – Written Communication, 2009
In the tradition of work by Shaughnessy (1977) and Bartholomae (1980) applying concepts from second language acquisition research to developing writing, we explore the commonalities of L1 and L2 writers on the specific level of linguistic choices needed to order information within and across sentence boundaries. We propose that many of the kinds…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Sentences, College Students
Simpson, JoEllen M. – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2004
The present study examines 20 writing samples in English and Spanish selected from portfolios of first grade children at a bilingual school in Ecuador. Based on earlier findings that paragraphs composed in English and Spanish by children, adolescents and adults are different (Lux & Grabe, 1991; Montano-Harmon, 1991; Reid, 1990; Reppen &…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Error Patterns, Sentence Structure
