Contextualized Response to Dialogic Argumentative Writing in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse High School English Language Arts Classroom

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Title: Contextualized Response to Dialogic Argumentative Writing in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse High School English Language Arts Classroom
Language: English
Authors: George E. Newell, Meghan Dougherty Kuehnle, Kevin Fulton, Tzu-Jung Lin
Source: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 2025 69(1).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Student Diversity, High School Students, English Instruction, Language Arts, English Teachers, Essays, Writing Assignments, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Methods
DOI: 10.1002/jaal.70011
ISSN: 1081-3004
1936-2706
Abstract: Given the complexity of dialogic argumentative writing and the requisite instruction needed to support student writers, we describe the instructional practices of an English language arts teacher and her culturally and linguistically diverse classroom of 10th graders' writing during key moments in two instructional units during school year 2022-2023. Adopting microethnographic discourse methods to study key events, our findings demonstrate that the teacher used "dialogic opportunities" to provide contextualized support for her students' understandings of essay assignments, relevant topical knowledge, acquisition of argumentative genres, and strategic practices for composing. Our year-long collaboration with the teacher and her students suggests that while English language arts teachers need to have a deep understanding of how to teach dialogic argumentative writing, they also need to reconsider the larger curricular contexts for such writing and how instructional choices shape these contexts.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1474501
Database: ERIC
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