Bridging the Gap between Native Language and Second Language Literacy Instruction: A Naturalistic Study.

Watkins-Goffman, Linda; Cummings, Victor

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ERIC Number: EJ605561

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Publication Date: 1997

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Bridging the Gap between Native Language and Second Language Literacy Instruction: A Naturalistic Study.

Watkins-Goffman, Linda; Cummings, Victor

Bilingual Research Journal, v21 n4 p381-94 Fall 1997

An ethnographic study of a freshman composition class at the Universidad Autonoma de Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic) examined classroom practices and behaviors of the professor and students as students learned to improve their native-language reading and writing skills. Differences from U.S. classrooms are discussed in terms of the needs of immigrant second-language learners. Contains 22 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Classroom Communication, Cultural Differences, Discourse Modes, Educational Practices, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Native Language Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Dominican Republic

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