Writing in the Secondary Foreign Language Classroom: The Effects of Prompts and Tasks on Novice Learners of French.

Way, Denise Paige; Joiner, Elizabeth G.; Seaman, Michael A.

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ERIC Number: EJ618089

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Publication Date: 2000

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Writing in the Secondary Foreign Language Classroom: The Effects of Prompts and Tasks on Novice Learners of French.

Way, Denise Paige; Joiner, Elizabeth G.; Seaman, Michael A.

Modern Language Journal, v84 n2 p171-84 Sum 2000

Investigated the effects of three different writing tasks (descriptive, narrative, and expository) and three different writing prompts (bare, vocabulary, and prose model) on 937 writing samples culled from 330 novice learners enrolled in classes of Level 1 and 2 high school French. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Cues, French, High School Students, High Schools, Introductory Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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