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Download full textSuh, Emily K.; McGee, Barrie E.; Owens, Sam – Journal of Basic Writing, 2021
In the hopes of deepening Basic Writing instructors' critical awareness of their authority in assigning meaning to student experience, we present a case study of two adult-arrival immigrant students. We explore the ways that writing instructors and tutors encourage students' personal narratives of persistence--rather than actual persistence…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Immigrants, Personal Narratives, Student Experience
Agnew, Eleanor – 1992
A study examined the writing practices, attitudes, and beliefs about the importance of writing at work of "basic" writers and "strong" writers. Subjects were graduates of Francis Marion College for the years 1984 to 1989. Questionnaires were returned by 119 of the 182 basic writers (identified through placement in remedial…
Descriptors: Adults, Audience Awareness, Basic Writing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCumming, Alister – Written Communication, 1990
Examines the qualities and frequency of episodes of concurrent metalinguistic and ideational thinking reported verbally by second-language learners while they composed. Finds frequencies of thinking episodes is significantly related to learners' writing expertise in their mother tongue. Argues for integrating the notion of comprehensible output…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Writing, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research
