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Brea-Spahn, María R.; Davison, Megan Dunn – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2012
Clinical Question: Would Spanish-speaking ELL students who struggle to learn to write (P) benefit more from a writing intervention that addresses cognitive (executive function) and social well-being (motivation, peer inclusion) (I), or writing intervention strategies that address written language text macrostructure or microstructure only (C), as…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Intervention, Spanish, Native Speakers
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Posteguillo, Santiago – English for Specific Purposes, 1999
Presents a linguistic description of the schematic organization of 40 journal articles from three academic journals in computing research. Results indicate the introduction-methods-results-discussion research reporting pattern can not be applied to computer science articles, with the central part (methods- results) departing most from the…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English for Special Purposes
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Pehrsson, Robert S.; Denner, Peter R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Teaching organizational strategies to language-disordered children can improve comprehension and formulation of written language. The semantic organizer approach involves activating and organizing prior knowledge, understanding text structure, and developing organizational strategies with both a verbal component and a graphic-structure component.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Processing, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies