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ERIC Number: EJ488123
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-8322
Native and Nonnative Speakers' Pragmatic Interpretations of English Texts.
Hinkel, Eli
TESOL Quarterly, v28 n2 p353-76 Sum 1994
Considering the complicating effect of cultural differences in writing conventions, this study examines discourse tradition as influenced by Confucian/Taoist precepts and those of U.S. academic environments, the latter requiring rational argumentation, justification, and proof. Pedagogical implications of native-speaker and nonnative-speaker evaluations of four essays are discussed. (Contains 51 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Confucianism, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Essays, Higher Education, Language Teachers, Pragmatics, Questionnaires, Social Influences, Taoism, Teaching Methods, Writing Evaluation, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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