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Publication Date: 2001
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Performing Argumentative Writing in English: Difficulties, Processes, and Strategies.
Zhu, Wei
TESL Canada Journal, v19 n1 p34-50 Win 2001
Examined the difficulties a group of Mexican graduate students encountered when engaged in an argumentative writing task as well as their writing processes and strategies. Data were collected from individual interviews with participants and from participants' essays. Analysis indicated most participants perceived the rhetorical aspects of English argumentative writing as difficult. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Mexicans, Persuasive Discourse, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Task Analysis, Writing (Composition), Writing Processes
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