Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses?
This is a primary study investigating the pedagogical approach of employing cross-cultural contrastive rhetoric (CCCR) comparisons in graduate-level writing courses. Two 501-level (advanced) classes were recruited to participate in this study: one class received CCCR instruction and participated in...
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| description | This is a primary study investigating the pedagogical approach of employing cross-cultural contrastive rhetoric (CCCR) comparisons in graduate-level writing courses. Two 501-level (advanced) classes were recruited to participate in this study: one class received CCCR instruction and participated in CCCR discussions, and the other class did not receive CCCR instruction and discussions. The study entailed both quantitative and qualitative investigations involving the grading of the results, the counting of use of dependent clauses and cohesive devices in students’ writing samples; pre- and post-study surveys, questionnaires and interviews. The findings show that students who received CCCR instructions and participated in CCCR discussions demonstrated more active use of connectives and showed increased metacognition about the similarities and differences between English academic writing academic writing in their L1s. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc25f80cc4274a5d9900a8624c60fc942022-12-21T20:37:39ZcatUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature2013-61962016-02-019110.5565/rev/jtl3.645457Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses?Lin Zhou0University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThis is a primary study investigating the pedagogical approach of employing cross-cultural contrastive rhetoric (CCCR) comparisons in graduate-level writing courses. Two 501-level (advanced) classes were recruited to participate in this study: one class received CCCR instruction and participated in CCCR discussions, and the other class did not receive CCCR instruction and discussions. The study entailed both quantitative and qualitative investigations involving the grading of the results, the counting of use of dependent clauses and cohesive devices in students’ writing samples; pre- and post-study surveys, questionnaires and interviews. The findings show that students who received CCCR instructions and participated in CCCR discussions demonstrated more active use of connectives and showed increased metacognition about the similarities and differences between English academic writing academic writing in their L1s.https://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/645contrastive rhetoricEnglish academic writingmecacognitionpedagogical approachdependent clausesconnectives |
| spellingShingle | Lin Zhou Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses? Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature contrastive rhetoric English academic writing mecacognition pedagogical approach dependent clauses connectives |
| title | Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses? |
| title_full | Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses? |
| title_fullStr | Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses? |
| title_short | Is There a Place for Cross-cultural Contastive Rhetoric in English Academic Writing Courses? |
| title_sort | is there a place for cross cultural contastive rhetoric in english academic writing courses |
| topic | contrastive rhetoric English academic writing mecacognition pedagogical approach dependent clauses connectives |
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