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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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