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Download full textChappel, Virginia A.; Rodby, Judith – 1982
The problems encountered by English as second language (ESL) students in selecting verb tenses for their written discourse were investigated. Tape recorded interviews with four freshman composition students who had been referred for intensive work on verb errors were analyzed for students' explanations of their errors and the contexts in which…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Jacobs, Suzanne – 1982
Two case studies of students learning to write academic discourse, particularly to maintain cohesion and relevance, are described. The two college students were part of a fourth-year biology class: one was a native English speaker, and the other spoke English as a second language. Both had a good command of spoken English grammar at the sentence…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Case Studies, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students
