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Chakraverty, Anima; Gautum, Kripa K. – Forum, 2000
Assessing academic abilities in the Indian educational context is closely linked with proficiency in writing. This article discusses ways to help learners produce self-contained compositions in English. This involves teaching them to link and develop information, ideas, or arguments in logical sequences. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction

Ramanathan, Vaidehi – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2003
Sketches key facets in the larger socioeducational machinery that shapes the written textual production and consumption (WTPC) of English-medium (EM) and "vernacular-medium" (VM) students in Gujarat, India. Lays out ways in which articulator macro-structures align together to produce and shape conditions that privilege the WTPC of EM…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Gujarati, Language of Instruction