Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 33, No. 1, August 1998

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• EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION

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  Keywords: College, Research

• Learning to Get Along: Language Acquisition and Literacy Development in a new Cultural Setting

  Susi Long

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  Abstract: Examines the author's daughter's experiences of being socialized into the language of Iceland through the eight-year-old's immersion in Icelandic culture. Shows how play-based activities with native-speaking peers was critical to her language and literacy development. Argues that authentic activity in social life is the key to learning literacy concepts.

  Keywords: Elementary, Diversity, Language, Literacy, Pedagogy, Research

• Empowering Education: Teaching Argumentative Writing to Cultural Minority Middle-School Students

  Stuart S. Yeh

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  Abstract: Studies different methods of teaching argumentation to middle school students. Concludes that explicit instruction in argumentative form and argument structure sharpens students' judgment regarding the content and organization needed to generate logically connected arguments and improves students' writing of arguments. Finds that such an approach is particularly important for minority students.

  Keywords: Middle, Diversity, Pedagogy, Research, Writing

• Negotiating Different Conceptions about Reading and Teaching Literature in a Preservice Literature Class

  Jane Agee

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  Abstract: Investigates how students and professor negotiated different ideas about teaching and reading in a preservice course on teaching secondary school literature. Finds that students' acceptance or rejection of unfamiliar ideas was closely tied to three major factors: prior experiences with literature, ideas about culturally sanctioned conceptions of the teacher's role; and the stance and approaches of the professor.

  Keywords: College, Literature, Research, Professional Development

• GUEST REVIEWERS

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