Two approaches to writing, cognitive-developmental and functional-interactive, are reviewed, and implications for instruction targeted at bilingual exceptional children are suggested. Both approaches stress the use of goal-directed and meaningful writing tasks, such as dialogue journals and narrative writing, in which the teacher provides interactional scaffolding for learning activities. Two illustrative research projects consistent with these views are described.
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