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Holliway and McCutchen (2004) stressed that the coordination of the author, text, and reader representations “builds on multiple sources of interpersonal, cognitive, and textual competencies” and may well account for most of the difficulties that children experience with revision. In an early study of expert versus novice differences in writers, Sommers (1980) documented that professional writers routinely and spontaneously revise their texts extensively and globally, making deep structural changes. They express concern for the “form or shape of their argument” as well as “a concern for their readership” (p. 384). By contrast, college freshmen made changes primarily in the vocabulary. | Understanding English Language Learners Needs and the Language Acquisition Process Two Teacher Educators Perspectives URBAN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR URBAN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT NIUSI is to partner with Regional Resource Centers to develop powerful networks of urban local education agencies and schools that embrace and i mplement a data-based conti nuous i mprovement approach for i nclusive practices. Embedded within this approach is a commitment to evidence-based practice i n early i ntervention universal design literacy and positive behavior supports. The Office of Special Education Programs OSEP of the . Department of Education has funded NIUSI to faci litate the unification of current general and special education reform efforts as these are implemented in the nation s urban school districts. NIUSI s creation reflects OSEP s long-standing commitment to improving educational outcomes for all children specifically those with disabilities in communities challenged and enriched by the urban experience. Great Urban Schools Learning Together Builds Strong Communities ON POINT SERIES Understanding English Language Learners Needs and the Language Acquisition Process Two Teacher Educators Perspectives Alicja Rieger Utica College Ewa McGrail Georgia State University 2006 .