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Showing 1 to 20 of 99 for “"English language -- Composition and exercises"”.
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Teacher's and pupils perceptions of factors contributing to pupil's poor performance in composition writing in grade twelve French examonations
Since 2000 the performance of pupils in French composition has been deteriorating. Research by Habimana (2010) revealed that the pupils who were studying French were finding composition writing most difficult among the four components of the French paper. The Examination council of Zambia‘s reports …
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Revision Cues : A Study of Freshman Writers
The problem. Composition scholars generally agree that writing is a process including prewriting, writing and revision. Revision has only recently been addressed by research, consequently little is known of how students actually revise their writing; and even less is known of how to guide and …
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Some aspects of the problem of teaching English composition in American colleges and universities.
… to learn something of the importance given to English composition in American colleges and universities; (2) to notice some material that may be of use to instructors of college and college preparatory English; and (3) to present some suggestions for improving our American English composition …
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Research, Rhetoric, and the Writing Curriculum: Consciousness Expansion Through Bi-Hemisphericity
This study gives implications for teaching composition based on current rhetorical and psychological theory. It examines what recent brain research has to say about left-hemispheric verbal skills and right-hemispheric imaginal skills. A survey of literary, philosophical, and rhetorical expressions …
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Priority-Area Consensus Conferencing: Peer Versus One-to-One, a Study of an Efficient Method for Achieving Significant Improvements in Freshman Writing Apprehension and Writing Skill
… some college administrators are overburdening composition instructors with teaching loads beyond those recommended by NCTE and ADE. In response, this study measures the effectiveness of two methods of teaching composition (peer conferencing and one-to-one conferencing), hypothesizing that peer …
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The written language development of students with special needs
… -- Journal writing -- Relationship between oral and written language -- Whole language approach.
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The written language development of students with special needs
… -- Journal writing -- Relationship between oral and written language -- Whole language approach.
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Setting Free the Birds : Heuristic Approaches to the Teaching of Creative Writing at the College Level
… writing tasks, particularly in finding a subject and generating raw material at the pre-writing stage for their poems and stories. The unfortunate assumption that the poet, or any imaginative writer, is invariably subject to some inborn mysteriously prompted inspiration before writing begins has …
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The effect of rubrics on second grade students' abilities to write a personal story
… = 21) abilities to write personal stories and their understanding of the qualities of good writing; and (b) assess student metacognitive behavior resulting from the use of a rubric. Student writing assignments prior to and after rubric instruction were assessed in order to determine the …
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Motivating underachieving students to write
Middle schools--Writing apprehension--Adolescent motivation--Peer interaction--Student letters--Writing workshops--Literature logs--Student self-evaluation.
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Motivating underachieving students to write
Middle schools--Writing apprehension--Adolescent motivation--Peer interaction--Student letters--Writing workshops--Literature logs--Student self-evaluation.
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