The Foreign Student and the Immigrant–their Different Problems as Students of English

Slager, William R.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-1770.1956.tb00842.x

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“…Generation 1.5 students, or long-term U.S. resident language minority students, have historically been a part of the U.S. educational system. They have been recognized as a potentially unique group dating back to 1956 (Slager, 1956), and even 1918 (Rumbaut, 2004), then called “half second” students. While the type of student may not be new to the U.S. educational system, a surge of interest from tutors, teachers, and administrators has resulted in increased attention to Generation 1.5 writing issues.…”

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Generation 1.5 Writing Compared to L1 and L2 Writing in First-Year Composition

Doolan

2013

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Recently, scholars have suggested that "second-language writers" are made up of two distinct groups: Generation 1.5 (long-term U.S.-resident language learners) and more traditional L2 students (e.g., international or recently arrived immigrants). To investigate that claim, this study compares the firstyear composition writing of Generation 1.5 students to the writing of their classmates to determine whether textual markers distinguish demographically identified groups. Results indicate no significant textual differences between Generation 1.5 and L1 (English as a first language) students but do indicate significant differences between Generation 1.5 and L2 students, suggesting that Generation 1.5 writers (broadly defined) may not be second-language writers.

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Generation 1.5 Writing Compared to L1 and L2 Writing in First-Year Composition

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2013

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“…Another category of learners becoming more prevalent in North America is what is often referred to as Generation 1.5; these are students who are long-term immigrants and have done some of their schooling in North America (Slager, 1956). The following studies have examined L2 undergraduate students' disciplinary writing, focusing on their writing processes, coping strategies and linguistic errors.…”

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