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A writing/publishing project in a French class.

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| March 22, 2006 | Dupuy, Beatrice | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

The purpose of implementing a student-centered writing and publishing project in an intermediate French curriculum, was to give students an opportunity to engage in meaningful writing in the target language. In a survey, students assessed the value of this project and reported the benefits they derived from it. Results indicate that students overwhelmingly found this project to be more useful and interesting than other writing activities they engaged in during the semester.

Introduction

Implementing a student-centered writing and publishing project (SCWPP) can help solve two key problems in the beginning and intermediate foreign ...

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