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Peer reviewedAlptekin, Cem – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1988
Describes a study showing how the classical Chinese world view finds its way into Chinese students' written compositions. English teachers must help students progress from writing based on reasoning and rhetoric indigenous to their own culture, to writing in line with the thought and rhetoric patterns of the English-speaking context. (CB)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Graduate Students, Language Patterns
