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Peer reviewedKobayashi, Hiroe; Rinnert, Carol – Language Learning, 1996
Investigated how readers of different backgrounds evaluated 16 versions of Japanese university English as a foreign language (EFL) students' English compositions containing different culturally influenced rhetorical patterns. Results suggest that a flexible approach to permissible rhetorical patterns and a greater emphasis on coherence may be…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, Cultural Background, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedYuan, Boping – Language Learning, 1995
Investigated the acquisition of base-generated topics in Mandarin Chinese by British students learning Chinese. The hypothesis is not confirmed that it would not be difficult for English speakers to acquire the base-generated topic in Chinese because in the acquisition of Chinese, English-speaking learners are exposed to positive evidence of…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar
