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Zhou, Xiaoying; Liao, Hangjie – English Language Teaching, 2018
In this paper the authors conducted a comprehensive study on English abstract writing style. Abstraction is the process of forming a theoretical concept based on the observation and classification of object things. This concept has no definite denotation. However in specific situation it can be clearly understood. In English, writing an abstract…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, English, Chinese, Literary Styles
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Chen, Si; Zhou, Jing – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2010
The ways in which learning graphical representations can encourage the development of creativities in Chinese young children remain to be fully explored. Previous research on children's writing focused on children's symbolization with syllabic languages, providing little information regarding Chinese young children's symbolization and creative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Childrens Writing, Writing Strategies
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Liao, Ming-Tzu; Chen, Ching-Hung – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
The present study compared the rhetorical strategies for argumentative writing in Chinese and English composition textbooks. The textbooks were selected based on four criteria. The results of the study revealed that there are similarities and differences in Chinese and English argumentative writing. Both Chinese and English agree upon the function…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Persuasive Discourse, Textbooks, Audiences