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ERIC Number: EJ504769
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-096X
Importing Composition: Teaching and Researching Academic Writing beyond North America.
Muchiri, Mary N.; And Others
College Composition and Communication, v46 n2 p175-98 May 1995
Describes the field of composition theory as almost entirely a phenomenon of North America. Considers what happens to North American composition theory when it is transplanted into different cultural locations. Advocates more intercultural exchange and explores the assumptions about teaching and student populations that is inherent in North American composition theory. (HB)
Descriptors: College English, Cultural Differences, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Politics of Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Composition Theory; Great Britain; Kenya; Literary Theory; Tanzania; Zaire