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Discursive positioning in theory and practice: a case for narrative mediation
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Brokering practices among international EAL students at a New Zealand university
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Exploring the beliefs and practices of first year teachers of literacy in New Zealand primary schools
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The writing of assignments in a pre-service primary education programme: Student and staff perspectives
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Developing EFL students' communicative skills through content-based instruction: A case study of EFL teaching in an undergraduate degree program at a tertiary institution in Indonesia
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Afterword to "Writer Identity and the Teaching and Learning of Writing"
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Introduction to "Writer Identity and the Teaching and Learning of Writing"
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Vietnamese teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching English as a foreign language
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"In this class automatic my words come out": Implementing process drama in two Malaysian English language-learning contexts
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Can I teach these students? A case study of Vietnamese teachers’ self-efficacy in relation to teaching English as a foreign language
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Supporting student growth in syntactical fluency as writers: A paired learning approach
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The widespread belief that the traditional teaching of grammar is ineffective in enhancing student writing has contributed to a reduction in the teaching of formal grammar in the New Zealand English curriculum. At the same time and perhaps as a consequence students have little understanding about how language functions and what is needed to communicate effectively in writing. There has been widespread debate about the role grammar might play in enhancing writing effectiveness. This thesis will present the results of an intervention-centred inquiry involving the introduction of syntax in the context of teaching writing. The purpose of the research was to examine whether the teaching of syntactical concepts and structures at point of need enhanced students' writing, and how pairs, writing their stories alongside each other, might be utilised to provide productive, formative feedback. Pre- and post-intervention writing was collected as well as a questionnaire and attitudinal survey data on grammatical knowledge and writing confidence. Students subsequently worked on writing a narrative utilising the grammatical features taught during class activities. Over an eight-week period, teacher interventions included 'incidental' grammar lessons, inductive lessons where students were guided to notice grammatical patterns, conferencing together over problems, and mini-lessons that involved applying a strategy in the writing pairs. The results indicate significant improvement in areas of fluency and syntactical sophistication.
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paired learning; syntactical fluency grammar
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URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7846
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Editorial: The professional content knowledge of the English/literacy teacher: Addressing the implications of diversity
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Critical literacy as an approach to literary study in the multicultural, high-school classroom
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Implementing critical literacy in a Tongan bilingual classroom
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Beyond shrek: fairy tale magic in the multicultural classroom
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Constructing English in New Zealand: A report on a decade of reform
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