IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 1994

The role of contrastive rhetoric in teaching professional communication in English as a second or foreign language

B. McDaniel

Abstract

People who write in English as a second or foreign language often find it difficult to write clear, coherent, idiomatic English. Contrastive rhetoric studies the structure of language beyond the sentence (discourse), as well as the influence of culture on writing. Findings from contrastive research should be incorporated into writing instruction and teacher training to give nonnative speakers of English more help in writing for the world of work.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1994-03-01
DOI
10.1109/47.272853
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Open Access
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Topics
rhetorical criticism discourse analysis writing pedagogy teacher development professional writing multilingual writers
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