Academic Writing and Chinese Students: Transfer and Developmental Factors.

Mohan, Bernard A.; Au-Yeung Lo, Winnie

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Publication Date: 1985

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Academic Writing and Chinese Students: Transfer and Developmental Factors.

Mohan, Bernard A.; Au-Yeung Lo, Winnie

TESOL Quarterly, v19 n3 p515-34 Sep 1985

Discusses academic writing as it is learned by Chinese students of English as a second language (ESL), and critiques Kaplan's claim that ESL students writing expository prose in English will show organizational patterns different from those of native speakers. Developmental factors in second language learners' writing are discussed. (SED)

Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Expository Writing, Interference (Language), Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Verbal Development, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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