"Fare from the Madding Crowd": The Lighter Side of Error in Student Writing.

Vaughn, Gary; Wenner, Barbara

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Publication Date: 1999

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"Fare from the Madding Crowd": The Lighter Side of Error in Student Writing.

Vaughn, Gary; Wenner, Barbara

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v26 n3 p291-98 Mar 1999

Discusses two intriguing ways of explaining error in student writing--the work of Michel Foucault and the work of Roland Barthes. Describes in-class activities and essay assignments that use these perspectives to help students to reach improved understanding of error in writing. (SR)

Descriptors: Error Correction, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Writing Assignments, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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