Cross-cultural understanding through visual representation
This article analyzes international students’ drawings of their home countries’ essay assignments. These English as a Second Language (ESL) students often have difficulty in meeting the local demands of our Writing Program, which centers on argumentative writing with thesis and support. Any part of...
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
2011-04-01
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| description | This article analyzes international students’ drawings of their home countries’ essay assignments. These English as a Second Language (ESL) students often have difficulty in meeting the local demands of our Writing Program, which centers on argumentative writing with thesis and support. Any part of an essay deemed irrelevant is censured as “off topic;” some students see this structure as too direct or even impolite. While not all students found visual representation easy, the drawings reveal some basic assumptions about writing embodied in their native cultures’ assignments. We discuss the drawings first for visual rhetorical content, then in the students’ own terms. Last, we consider how our own pedagogy has been shaped. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1667be88139f4de09e17fa8dce68581e2022-12-21T19:42:24ZengUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasColombian Applied Linguistics Journal0123-46412248-70852011-04-0108137151175Cross-cultural understanding through visual representationKristina Beckman0Susan Smith1John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New YorkEller College at The University of ArizonaThis article analyzes international students’ drawings of their home countries’ essay assignments. These English as a Second Language (ESL) students often have difficulty in meeting the local demands of our Writing Program, which centers on argumentative writing with thesis and support. Any part of an essay deemed irrelevant is censured as “off topic;” some students see this structure as too direct or even impolite. While not all students found visual representation easy, the drawings reveal some basic assumptions about writing embodied in their native cultures’ assignments. We discuss the drawings first for visual rhetorical content, then in the students’ own terms. Last, we consider how our own pedagogy has been shaped.http://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/ojs/index.php/calj/article/view/175second language writing, writing assignments, cross-cultural, visual representation |
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| title | Cross-cultural understanding through visual representation |
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| title_short | Cross-cultural understanding through visual representation |
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| topic | second language writing, writing assignments, cross-cultural, visual representation |
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