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Initiating ESL Students into the Academic Discourse Community: How Far Should We Go?

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Spack, Ruth – TESOL Quarterly, 1988

Reviews studies of native-language writing programs and argues that the teaching of writing in the disciplines should be left to the teachers of those disciplines; English-as-a-second-language composition teachers should focus on general principles of inquiry and rhetoric, with emphasis on writing from sources. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Content Area Writing, Discourse Communities, English for Academic Purposes

Two Commentaries on Ruth Spack's "Initiating ESL Students into the Academic Discourse Community: How Far Should We Go?"

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Braine, George; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1988

Responses and rebuttals to a previous article regarding the role of academic writing in second language instruction raise issues concerning writing instruction practices and content area writing. (CB)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Content Area Writing, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes