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Amparo Lázaro-Ibarrola; María Ángeles Hidalgo – Language Learning Journal, 2024
The recent surge in studies on collaborative writing (CW) has provided valuable insights into the product and process of writing. When writing together, adults tend to produce better texts and generate and resolve a large number of language-related episodes (LREs). Also, analyses of the dialogues of collaborative writers show that learners are…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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de Courcy, Michele; Smilevska, Jovanka – Babel, 2012
Research holds that, for bilingual children, a strong establishment in one language not only develops skills in that language, but also facilitates the development of a second language. The participants for this research were six nine-year-old children who were being educated in their first language, Macedonian, and also in English. This research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Strategies, Children, Bilingual Education
Rigg, Pat, Ed.; Enright, D. Scott, Ed. – 1986
Seven essays address aspects of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction for children, seen from a variety of perspectives: research, teaching, and ethnography. They include: "Introduction: Children and ESL" (D. Scott Enright, Pat Rigg); "ESL Teachers as Language Advocates for Children" (Courtney Cazden); "ESL Children's Writing: What We've…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Language, Children, Classroom Techniques