Khasru's English Lesson: Ethnocentricity and Response to Student Writing.

Moore, Alex

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ERIC Number: EJ429788

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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ISSN: ISSN-0896-3592

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Khasru's English Lesson: Ethnocentricity and Response to Student Writing.

Moore, Alex

Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, v12 n1 p1-3,25-27 Win 1990

Describes in detail how a writing instructor in an English secondary school imposed his view of reality on a Bangladeshi boy when correcting the boy's writing. Suggests that schools must work hard to develop and adopt new styles of pedagogy to avoid ethnocentrism in the classroom. (PRA)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Multicultural Education, Secondary Education, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Difficulties, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London)

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