The Poetry of ESL Error.

Allen, Melissa

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ERIC Number: EJ486319

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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The Poetry of ESL Error.

Allen, Melissa

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v21 n2 p120-24 May 1994

Argues that English-as-a-Second-Language writing can have its own distinctive power and eloquence in spite of, and sometimes because of, its errors. Examines several different kinds of "poetic" nonnativisms, suggesting why they were created and why they may strike native speakers as especially expressive. (SR)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Correction, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Student Writing Models, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Multiculturalism in the Writing Classroom.