The Composing Processes of Advanced ESL Students: Six Case Studies.

Zamel, Vivian

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ERIC Number: EJ282852

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Publication Date: 1983-Jun

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The Composing Processes of Advanced ESL Students: Six Case Studies.

Zamel, Vivian

TESOL Quarterly, v17 n2 p165-78 Jun 1983

A study shows that advanced ESL students explore and clarify ideas and attend to language-related concerns primarily after their ideas have been delineated. These results call into question the prescriptive approach to writing instruction that is overly concerned with correctness. (MSE)

Descriptors: Advanced Students, English (Second Language), Language Processing, Prewriting, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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