
Writing
Current Research
Teacher Talk: Enabling ELL's to "Grab On" and Climb High
http://www.mec.edu/mascd/docs/yedlin.htm
Yedlin (2004) discusses findings from a descriptive study that examines linguistic and other facilitative strategies used by an experienced and skillful ESL teacher to scaffold writing instruction in a multi-level class of ELL first-graders.
Helping Young Writers Working in Spanish
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/nabe/brj/v16/16_34_nathenson.htm
Nathenson-Mejia (1992) presents a case study in the Bilingual Research Journal that analyzes a student's writings in Spanish and offers instructional strategies for improvement.
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