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A developmental perspective on the relationship between grammar and text.

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Published on 2003

http://wac.colostate.edu/jbw/v22n1/ken
kel.pdf

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Both authors focused their investigation in the

scope grammar in the writing process,
according to their experience in the education
field

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This source addresses its contents to the

teaching community and students related
to education of SLA.
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second language. It is written in an
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my paper, because it talks about
implications that grammar has in the
process writing, but is useful in the scope
of SLA.
Kenkel, J. and Yates R

http://wac.colostate.edu/jbw/v22n1/kenkel.pdf

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Kenkel, J. and Yates R.( 2003). A developmental perspective on the relationship between grammar
and text. Retrieved from http://wac.colostate.edu/jbw/v22n1/kenkel.pdf

Both authors focused their investigation in the scope grammar in the writing process, according to their
experience in the education field, they realized that the relationship between grammar and text are firmly linked
each other. The linguistic critique emphasized that descriptions of English offered by traditional grammar have
significant shortcomings: its terminology is confusing. The style of this source is completely informative,
providing all the essential steps and implications that traditional grammar has within the writing process.