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Children's Discourse Skill: Form and Modality Requirements of Schooled Writing.

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McCutchen, Deborah – Discourse Processes, 1987

Describes a psycholinguistic investigation of children's competence in the production of extended discourse, concentrating on discourse form (narrative versus expository) and production modality (written versus spoken). (SKC)

Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Expository Writing

Selective Attention in Language Comprehension: Children's Processing of Expository and Narrative Discourse.

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Goelman, Hillel – Discourse Processes, 1982

Concludes that children could attend to texts selectively when reading or listening to expository prose, and when reading, but not in listening to narrative prose. (FL)

Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis