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ERIC Number: EJ342408
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Language and Estrangement: Lessons from the People's Republic of China.
Tinberg, Howard B.
English Journal, v75 n7 p46-50 Nov 1986
Looks at the experience of a "Foreign Expert," assigned to teach English composition and literature in China. Explores the "meanings" of reading and writing following a tradition of Chinese scholarship that holds to the belief that language is meaning. (JK)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Foreign Culture, Higher Education, Language Role, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Political Issues, Second Language Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: China