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2018
Volume 107, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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Abstract

This piece explores how moving from grammar instruction to language study empowers students and their writing. The authors detail how to leverage what students already know and how certain language moves negotiate power.

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