E59 | Informational Writing and Academic Language with Dr. Cherish Sarmiento

09/12/2024 47 min
E59 | Informational Writing and Academic Language with Dr. Cherish Sarmiento

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Dr. Cherish Sarmiento joins the show to talk about how fifth and eighth grade students use academic language in their writing. Importantly, we learn that words with seven or more letters may be one way to quickly identify academic words.



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Sarmiento, C. M., Truckenmiller, A. J., Cho, E., & Wang, H. (2024). Academic language use in middle school informational writing. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 00, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12724

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