Giving Voice to Women in the Basic Writing and Language Minority Classroom.

Cochran, Effie Papatzikou

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ERIC Number: EJ486290

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Publication Date: 1994

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Giving Voice to Women in the Basic Writing and Language Minority Classroom.

Cochran, Effie Papatzikou

Journal of Basic Writing, v13 n1 p78-90 Spr 1994

Considers how sex discrimination and sexist language have affected educational environments, particularly basic writing and English-as-a-Second-Language instruction. Provides four practical suggestions for college teachers of bilingual and/or bidialectical students to alleviate such attitudes and behaviors. (HB)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Cultural Differences, Discourse Modes, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Feminism, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Second Language Instruction, Sex Differences, Sex Discrimination, Sexism in Language, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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