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Hinkel, Eli – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
Considering the complicating effect of cultural differences in writing conventions, this study examines discourse tradition as influenced by Confucian/Taoist precepts and those of U.S. academic environments, the latter requiring rational argumentation, justification, and proof. Pedagogical implications of native-speaker and nonnative-speaker…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Confucianism, Cultural Context