The Writing of Anglo and Hispanic Elementary School Students in Bilingual, Submersion, and Regular Programs.

Carlisle, Robert S.

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ERIC Number: EJ399216

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Writing of Anglo and Hispanic Elementary School Students in Bilingual, Submersion, and Regular Programs.

Carlisle, Robert S.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v11 n3 p257-80 Sep 1989

Evaluates the writing of Hispanic students in bilingual and submersion programs, comparing it with the writing of native English speakers in regular programs. Five dependent variables are evaluated: rhetorical effectiveness, overall quality of writing, productivity, syntactic maturity, and error frequency. (46 references) (Author/OD)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Hispanic Americans, Immersion Programs, Language Research, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Socioeconomic Status, Spanish, Syntax, Writing Evaluation

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Language: English

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