Basic Writing Students

Investigating Oral and Written Language

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ID13683406
AuthorsMarcia Farr (0000-0001-9665-5500, corresponding author), Mary Ann Janda
Year1985
Volume19
Issue1
Pages62-83
Publication date1985-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueResearch in the Teaching of English (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-527X • E-ISSN: 1943-2348
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.58680/rte198515654
OpenAlexW237504507
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

This study investigates the relationship between the oral and written language of one college-level basic-writing student who is a speaker of Vernacular Black English. One possible explanation for basic-writing students’ difficulties in writing is that they may inappropriately use features from their oral language in their written language. We found in this study that neither VBE patterns in the student’s oral language nor other features of orality which previous research has identified primarily account for his writing problems. For other such students, future research will need to explore 1) whether or not the use of oral, or the lack of literate, features account for problems in writing, and 2) the nature of other, as yet unidentified, features of orality and literacy

Linguistics · Literacy · Orality · Pedagogy · Vernacular · Written language · Media, Communication, and Education · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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