Generous reading: Discovering dialogic voices in writing |
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| Authors: | Lucy K Spence |
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| Institution: | Language and Literacy Program, College of Education, University of South Carolina, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes an approach to the assessment of EAL written composition in the primary school. It draws upon related work in literacy as social practice and socio‐linguistic approaches to language learning to develop an approach to writing assessment that builds upon students’ linguistic strengths and traces their written words to sources in the immediate context and wider world. Following Joseph Tobin (2000) this approach is described as generous reading. Generous reading references poststructuralist literary theory through a focus on close reading of texts using a multidisciplinary approach. This paper describes the purpose, theory, and methods for generous reading followed by examples and a discussion of implications for instruction and assessment. |
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| Keywords: | Generous reading writing assessment EAL primary language acquisition |
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