Transformational Theory and Developmental Composition: Starting from Competency.

Smith, Gayle L.

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ERIC Number: EJ225223

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980

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Transformational Theory and Developmental Composition: Starting from Competency.

Smith, Gayle L.

Exercise Exchange, v24 n2 p25-28 Spr 1980

Suggests using a sentence construction game to make basic writing students more aware of their linguistic ability and more comfortable dealing with grammar. Indicates that the experience helps students in revising their writing and introduces the experience of working creatively and playfully with language. (TJ)

Descriptors: Educational Games, Higher Education, Low Achievement, Secondary Education, Sentence Structure, Teaching Methods, Transformational Generative Grammar, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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