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ERIC ED364104: Beyond "Bad Writing": Teaching English Composition t... |
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A discussion of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) |
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writing instruction focuses on cultural factors that |
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influence Chinese students' composition and that may be |
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misconstrued as poor writing techniques. It is argued |
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that the different rhetorical conventions that ESL |
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students incorporate into their English writing are based |
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in the deeper and broader social, political, and |
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ideological beliefs and values of their native culture, |
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and that in evaluating this writing, teachers must look |
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at these underlying factors. A review of the history of |
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Chinese literature and analysis of centuries-old essays |
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whose prescribed structure has influenced writing |
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illustrate the source of certain discourse conventions. |
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These and other organizational patterns commonly found in |
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Chinese students' compositions are contrasted with |
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English discourse structure. Among these are a four-part |
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organizational pattern construed as longwindedness, |
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patterns for paragraph organization, avoidance of self- |
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expression, and preference for an indirect approach to a |
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given topic. The primary implications for classroom ESL |
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composition instruction are that: discourse strategies in |
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English must be taught, not assumed; and Chinese students |
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should be taught English discursive and sociocultural |
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ideologies through writing and evaluation. Sample Chinese |
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essays and a brief bibliography are appended. (MSE) |
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Date Published: 2014-10-22 12:53:45 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED364104 |
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Item Size: 31293066 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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