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Negro, Isabelle; Lefèvre, Françoise; Bonnotte, Isabelle – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
The research presented in this paper aimed to serve two purposes. First, the objective was to understand the relationship between lexical and grammatical spelling. In this way, we studied how the frequency and consistency of verb interacted with the application of grammatical rules. Second, we investigated the dynamics of spelling during the…
Descriptors: French, Elementary School Students, Language Processing, Spelling
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Gunnarsson-Largy, Cecilia; Dherbey, Nathalie; Largy, Pierre – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
L1 and L2 writers attend to different aspects of the formulation subprocess of writing. L2 writers devote more time and attention to low-level aspects such as grammar correction and spelling (Barbier 1998; Fagan and Hayden 1988; Whalen and Ménard 1995), leading to better spelling performances than L1 writers (Gunnarsson-Largy 2013). In…
Descriptors: Native Language, Writing Processes, Short Term Memory, Grammar
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Allen, Laura K.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
The assessment of argumentative writing generally includes analyses of the specific linguistic and rhetorical features contained in the individual essays produced by students. However, researchers have recently proposed that an individual's ability to flexibly adapt the linguistic properties of their writing may more accurately capture their…
Descriptors: Essays, Persuasive Discourse, Writing Skills, Language Proficiency
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Dockrell, Julie E.; Marshall, Chloë R.; Wyse, Dominic – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
To date there have been no systematic studies examining the ways in which teachers in England focus and adapt their teaching of writing. The current study addresses this gap by investigating the nature and frequency of teachers' approaches to the teaching of writing in a sample of English primary schools, using the "simple view of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
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Drijbooms, Elise; Groen, Margriet A.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of transcription skills, oral language skills, and executive functions to growth in narrative writing between fourth and sixth grade. While text length and story content of narratives did not increase with age, syntactic complexity of narratives showed a clear developmental progression. Results…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Predictor Variables, Syntax, Difficulty Level
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Vanderberg, Robert; Swanson, H. Lee – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2007
This study investigated the relationship between components of working memory (WM) and the macrostructure (e.g., planning, writing, and revision) and microstructure (e.g., grammar, punctuation) of writing. A battery of WM and writing measures were administered to 160 high-school students. Overall, hierarchical regression analyses showed that the…
Descriptors: Memory, Prewriting, Writing Processes, Revision (Written Composition)