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Peer reviewedZamel, Vivian – TESOL Quarterly, 1997
Challenges the assumption that a student's attempts at writing in another language are a product of his primary language background and that a student's native cultural and linguistic background will be limiting. Also challenges the pedagogical implications of this perspective, which views students, particularly those from Asia, as fixed by their…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Cultural Background, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedNelson, Gayle L.; Carson, Joan G.; Spack, Ruth – TESOL Quarterly, 1998
Reacts to Ruth Spack's commentary "The Rhetorical Construction of Multilingual Students." Each reaction is followed by a response from the author. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Confucianism, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedKubota, Ryuko – TESOL Quarterly, 2001
Examines how classroom cultures in the United States and Asia are discursively constructed by researchers in applied linguistics and education. Suggests that the literature of applied linguistics and some in education compares idealized perspectives of U.S. classrooms with more typical images of classrooms in Asia. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
