Writing Groups: Cross-Cultural Issues.

Carson, Joan G.; Nelson, Gayle L.

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ERIC Number: EJ481641

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Writing Groups: Cross-Cultural Issues.

Carson, Joan G.; Nelson, Gayle L.

Journal of Second Language Writing, v3 n1 p17-30 Jan 1994

Writing groups, used in many English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) composition classrooms, pose problems for some students from collectivistic cultures such as Japan and China. Suggested reasons are the individual benefit goal, the need for feedback rather than group harmony, and strained group dynamics. (Contains 41 references.) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Feedback, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Learning Processes, Peer Groups, Process Approach (Writing), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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