Angelova, Maria; Riazantseva, Anastasia

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ERIC Number: EJ592798

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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"If You Don't Tell Me, How Can I Know?": A Case Study of Four International Students Learning To Write the U.S. Way.

Angelova, Maria; Riazantseva, Anastasia

Written Communication, v16 n4 p491-525 Oct 1999

Examines the problems that four international graduate students of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds encountered in the process of adapting to the requirements of discipline-specific written discourses during their first year of studies in the United States. Suggests that international students need assistance to adjust more easily to the requirements of the new academic environment. (SC)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Case Studies, Computer Literacy, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Student Adjustment, Student Attitudes, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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