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Newman, Michael – Journal of Basic Writing, 1996
Looks at correctness in writing as a sociolinguistic phenomena that conveys information about the author in terms of his or her capacity to write as a college student and in a form commensurate with academic standards. Concludes that correctness has a sociolinguistic role crucial to the field of basic writing. (TB)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Grammar
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Hindman, Jane E. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1993
Contends that evaluations of student writing come not from some transcendent realm but from the discursive practices by which teachers authorize themselves within a given community. Argues that basic writers need explicit knowledge of such practices, and proposes a language-centered curriculum to teach it. (HB)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Discourse Modes
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Lu, Min-zhan – Journal of Basic Writing, 1991
Argues that Mina Shaughnessy's view of language as a politically innocent vehicle of meaning overlooks basic writers' need to confront the dissonance they experience between academic and other discourses. Suggests educators need to abandon the limitations of the essentialist view of language informing their pedagogy. (KEH)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Higher Education