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Knoblauch, C. H.; Brannon, Lil – 1984
Following an introduction by James Britton, this book discusses the attitudes and values giving rise to effective writing instruction. The seven chapters examine the following topics: (1) achieving a philosophical perspective on composing through awareness of how writers actually work; (2) assumptions underlying classical rhetoric; (3) writing as…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Learning Theories
Liu, Yue – 1996
An approach to teaching expository writing in English as a Second Language (ESL) to native speakers of Chinese is offered. It is based on a comparison and classification of rhetorical patterns in the two languages. Chinese rhetoric contains a wide variety of methods of presentation, including both direct and indirect, or metaphoric, forms. It is…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classification, Classroom Techniques, Contrastive Linguistics
Mortensen, Peter – 1987
When writing is taught through conferences between a student and teacher, the authority of the teacher profoundly influences what students think and say about writing. Also, as students learn to deal with their teacher's authority, they develop strategies for talking about writing tasks in voices that are authentically their own. An examination of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Personal Autonomy
Neverow-Turk, Vara S.; Turk, David F. – 1986
Developed as a model for teachers faced with the task of assigning research papers to students who are still apprentice writers, this two-part paper explores the possibilities of written response that reside both in the dialogic interplay of ideas in utopian texts and in the criticism of utopian texts. The first part examines some ideas contained…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Processing, Literary Criticism
Mufarej, Selene Zocchio; Abrahamsohn, Maureen Alison – 1997
Deconstruction for reconstruction is a classroom teaching technique designed to help students improve writing skills. The objective is to write natural expanded sentences that fit in a cohesive paragraph. The technique evolved from observation of many intermediate and upper-intermediate students of English as a Second Language for whom writing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies
Anson, Chris M. – 1985
Focusing on purpose in the writing of college freshmen, a study examined the writing processes and how they related to the conceptions of purpose of four freshmen enrolled in a composition course at Indiana University. Discourse-based interviews were conducted before and after the students completed three tasks designed to vary their choice of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, College English, College Freshmen

Hinkel, Eli – TESOL Quarterly, 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…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Confucianism, Cultural Context
Scott, Virginia Mitchell – 1996
This book reviews pertinent theories about writing in English, English as a Second Language (ESL), and foreign languages for teachers at secondary and postsecondary levels, to provide insight into the teaching and learning processes. Five hypotheses about the nature of foreign language (FL) writing serve as points of departure for analyzing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies, English
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1982
A variety of process-oriented writing instruction strategies are presented in this focused journal issue. Article titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Central Reference to the Rescue" (Rod Kessler); (2)"Brainstorming: A Heuristic that Works" (Frank C. Cronin); (3) "Brainstorming: A Valuable Supplemental Technique for…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Brainstorming, Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis
Connor, Ulla, Ed.; Johns, Ann M., Ed. – 1990
The purpose of this book is twofold: to present important coherence models and to suggest how insights from coherence theory and research can be introduced to the classroom. The book is organized into four sections: theoretical overview, coherence models, studies of student writing, and pedagogical approaches. Articles include: "Seven Problems in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Coherence, Computer Assisted Instruction