Research Catalog

Title

Research in basic writing : a bibliographic sourcebook / edited by Michael G. Moran and Martin J. Jacobi.

Publication

New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Moran, Michael G.
• Jacobi, Martin James, 1949-

Description

ix, 259 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

This reference handbook surveys research on the central issue associated with the teaching of unprepared writers. Though basic writing has only been recognized as a distinct area of teaching and research since 1975, the existing bibliographic texts already seem limited due to their age or lack of annotation. This volume provides current and extensive bibliographic essays and will help to define this new field of study for teachers and researchers. Following an introduction that summarizes the origins and significant texts in basic writing, the book is divided into three sections, Social Science Perspectives, Linguistic Perspectives, and Pedagogical Perspectives. The first section, which contains three essays, views the field through the lens of social, psychological, and political issues. The second section, also containing three essays, examines contributions made from studies of grammar, dialects, and second-language acquisition. The third section, in its four essays, focuses on the design, development, administration, and evaluation of basic writing courses, the use of computers in basic writing classrooms, the role of the writing lab, and the preparation of basic writing teachers. An appendix that reviews current textbooks for basic writing courses is also included, as well as an index. This book will be a valuable resource for teachers of basic writing, in education courses and workshops that train teachers and tutors, and in fields such as linguistics, technical writing, and Teaching English as a Second Language. It will also be an important addition to public and university libraries and many education programs.

Subject

English language > Study and teaching > Bibliography

Genre/Form

• bibliographies.
• Bibliographies
• Bibliographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Who are basic writers? / Andrea Lunsford and Patricia A. Sullivan -- Developmental psychology and basic writers / Donna Haisty Winchell -- Literacy theory and basic writing / Mariolina Salvatori and Glynda Hull -- Modern grammar and basic writers / Ronald F. Lunsford -- Dialects and basic writers / Michael Montgomery -- TESL research and basic writing / Sue Render -- Basic writing courses and programs / Michael D. Hood -- Computers and writing instruction / Stephen A. Bernhardt and Patricia G. Wojahn -- Writing laboratories and basic writing / Donna Beth Nelson -- Preparing teachers of basic writing / Richard A. Filloy -- Appendix : selective bibliography of basic writing textbooks / Mary Sue Ply.

ISBN

0313255644 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^89038229^

OCLC

20219886

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library