Although sentence-combining researchers acknowledge the importance of syntax-to-discourse transfer, their treatments have achieved it in varying degrees through unclear procedures. Improving the Expository Writing Skills of Adolescents suggests effective strategies for contextualizing learning in the English language arts, focusing on a novel method of syntax instruction called "discourse-function sentence combining." The language arts objectives are integrated with ninth grade biology materials.
- ISBN10 0761810544
- ISBN13 9780761810544
- Publish Date 30 June 1998 (first published 23 June 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English