Dilemmas of Identity: Oral and Written Literacies in the Making of a Basic Writing Student.

Cook-Gumperz, Jenny

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Publication Date: 1993

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Dilemmas of Identity: Oral and Written Literacies in the Making of a Basic Writing Student.

Cook-Gumperz, Jenny

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v24 n4 p336-56 Dec 1993

Presents the case study of an African-American woman returning to a basic skills program in an inner-city community college, examining in particular a writing conference with the task of transforming telling of an experience into writing about it. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Black Students, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Conferences, Females, Inner City, Literacy Education, Narration, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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