Degrees of Knowing: An Exploration of Progressive Abstraction in Language Awareness Work.

Cameron, Lynne

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ERIC Number: EJ465604

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Publication Date: 1993

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Degrees of Knowing: An Exploration of Progressive Abstraction in Language Awareness Work.

Cameron, Lynne

Language Awareness, v2 n1 p3-13 1993

An analysis of the Language Awareness/Knowledge about Language components of the English/Welsh National Curriculum in English and Modern Foreign Languages is used to investigate the explicit awareness of language expected of secondary school students. The framework assumes increasing degrees of abstraction and the changes in types of categorization and conceptualization involved. (20 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Classification, English, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Metalinguistics, Modern Languages, Second Language Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales)

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