Contrastive Rhetoric

This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person's first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. It presents a comprehensive view of the research in this field, emphasizing the connections between contrastive rhetoric and the related disciplines of composition studies, cultural anthropology, translation studies, and text linguistics. Connor draws on this research to provide sound advice for dealing with cross-cultural issues in a variety of second language writing contexts. Her goal is to make teachers aware of the many factors influencing their students? attempts to compose effective texts and to help teachers draw on the resources individual learners bring to the writing task. It is a solid reference for researchers and teachers in the field of second language writing.

ISBN 9027254133   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9789027254139 (What's this?)   Pages 327 Publisher John Benjamins Publishing Co   Volumes 001 Imprint John Benjamins Publishing Co   Published in Amsterdam Format Hardback   Series ISSN 0922-842 Publication date 01 Dec 2007   Series title Pragmatics & Beyond S. Library of Congress P301.5   Academic level Further/Higher education, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY 808

'... this book provides excellent insights into the cultural differences that many students bring to their writing in English. These differences are clearly described in a way that makes them accesible to both teachers and learners themselves (at least those whose English is at Intermediate - advanced level) and should prove useful to teachers working with students who know that their writing in English is not as communicatively effective as they would wish it to be and want to learn why.' ESL, 1997

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