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Wold, Astri Heen – Language and Education, 2013
The classroom is an important context of second language learning for language minority children. Teachers are responsible for creating good learning opportunities by securing language use well adjusted to the children's level of comprehension. Thus, teachers should have realistic expectations of this. The purpose of the research is to increase…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Minority Group Students, Norwegian
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Beard, Roger; Burrell, Andrew – Language and Education, 2010
Gender differences in the imaginative narrative and persuasive description writing of a sample of Year 5 (9- to 10-year-old) children were investigated using a standardised test and a repeat design, with the same tasks being undertaken a year later. The texts were analysed using test guidelines and genre-specific rating scales derived from the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Rating Scales, Gender Differences, Imagination