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Peer reviewedBouton, Lawrence F. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
A total of 65 letters of reference written by American referees and 65 letters written by referees from 5 Asian cultures were analyzed to discover the conventions and expectations guiding readers and writers from these backgrounds. Results found that Asian referees tended to use direct recommendations more frequently than their American…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
