Descriptor
Source
Author
| Bird, Norman, Ed. | 1 |
| Wardell, David | 1 |
Publication Type
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Japan | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Wardell, David – 1990
Research suggests that culturally distinctive first-language rhetorical patterns influence second language composing skills. Frequently, however, these patterns have never been taught formally and are not refined, leaving first-language composing largely underdeveloped. Teaching second language learners to compose often requires attending to the…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Download full textBird, Norman, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Papers from a 1993 International Conference on Language in Education include: "A Language Development Approach to Education" (M. A. K. Halliday); Text, Talk, and Inquiry: Schooling as a Semiotic Apprenticeship" (G. Wells); "Chinese Orthography and Reading" (O. J. L. Tzeng); "Task-Centred Assessment in Language…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies
