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Greenberg, Karen L. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Supports the use of the applied linguistics technique of error analysis (i.e., charting and analyzing patterns in language errors) in developmental writing instruction. Argues that error enables teachers to diagnose the cognitive strategies and processes used by students in writing. Discusses teaching strategies and the approach's limitations.…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Error Analysis (Language)