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Peer reviewedKroll, Barry M. – Written Communication, 1984
Describes a study in which nine-year-old children wrote persuasive letters to two individuals and then participated in an oral task designed to determine their competence in listener adapted communication. (FL)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Child Language, Communication Skills, Letters (Correspondence)
Peer reviewedJacobs, Suzanne E. – Written Communication, 1985
Presents a model that predicts writing growth in children as a logical outcome of language acquisition. Provides a list of the kinds of language learning underway in the elementary school years and suggests that teachers may use this list to anticipate where and how such learning will influence the writing processes of children. (FL)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
