Contrastive Rhetoric Cross-cultural aspects of second-language writing
This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person's first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. It presents a comprehensive view of the research in this field, emphasizing the connections between contrastive rhetoric and the rela...
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Cambridge [England]
Cambridge University Press
1996
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Add Tag | Summary: | This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person's first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. It presents a comprehensive view of the research in this field, emphasizing the connections between contrastive rhetoric and the related disciplines of composition studies, cultural anthropology, translation studies, and text linguistics. Connor draws on this research to provide sound advice for dealing with cross-cultural issues in a variety of second-language writing contexts. Her goal is to make teachers aware of the many factors influencing their students' attempts to compose effective texts and to help teachers draw on the resources individual learners bring to the writing task. It is a solid reference for researchers and teachers in the field of second-language writing |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 199 pages 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0521446880 |
Contrastive linguistics and the language teacher 
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING