Basic Writing Students: Investigating Oral and Written Language.

Farr, Marcia; Janda, Mary Ann

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Publication Date: 1985

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Basic Writing Students: Investigating Oral and Written Language.

Farr, Marcia; Janda, Mary Ann

Research in the Teaching of English, v19 n1 p62-83 Feb 1985

Investigates the relationship between the oral and written language of one college-level basic writing student who is a speaker of vernacular Black English (VBE). Reports that neither VBE patterns in the student's oral language nor other features of orality that previous research has identified account for his writing problems. (HOD)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, College Students, Language Patterns, Oral Language, Remedial Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Verbal Communication, Writing Difficulties, Writing Research, Written Language

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Language: English

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