Pratiques linguistiques, discursives, pedagogiques: cause ou consequence de l'echec scolaire? (Linguistic, Educational, and Discourse Practices: Causes or Consequences of Scholastic Failure?)

Analyses the differences among writing samples by secondary school students in terms of the writer's ability to achieve certain stylistic requirements and to produce a well organized discourse. Relates underachievement to social factors and to educational methods that overemphasize the role of the written language. (MES)