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This comprehensive and detailed analysis of second language writers' text identifies explicitly and quantifiably where their text differs from that of native speakers of English. The book is based on the results of a large-scale study of university-level native-speaker and non-native-speaker essays written in response to six prompts. Specifically, the research investigates the frequencies of uses of 68 linguistic (syntactic and lexical) and rhetorical features in essays written by advanced non-native speakers compared with those in the essays of native speakers enrolled in first-year composition courses. The selection of features for inclusion in this analysis is based on their textual functions and meanings, as identified in earlier research on English language grammar and lexis. Such analysis is valuable because it can inform the teaching of grammar and lexis, as well as discourse, and serve as a basis for second language curriculum and course design; and provide valuable insight for second language pedagogical applications of the study's findings.
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SECOND LANGUAGE WRITERS’ TEXT Linguistic and Rhetorical Features
ESL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS PROFESSIONAL SERIES Eli Hinkel, Series Editor Hinkel/Fotos (Eds.) • New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms Hinkel • Second Language Writers’ Text: Linguistic and Rhetorical Features Birch • English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom
SECOND LANGUAGE WRITERS’ TEXT Linguistic and Rhetorical Features
Eli Hinkel Seattle University
2002
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London
Copyright © 2002 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hinkel, Eli Second language writer’s text : linguistic and rhetorical features / Eli Hinkel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-3888-0 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8058-4033-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. English language and—Study and teaching—Foreign speakers. 2. English language—Rhetoric—Study an teaching. 3. Report writing—Study and teaching (Higher) 4. Second language acquisition. 5. College prose—Evaluation. I. Title. PE1128.A2.H534 2002 428.0071—dc21 2001023175 Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Foreword Robert B. Kaplan Preface
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I Background: Research in Text and Written Discourse
1 Writing as Text Theoretical Underpinnings and Research Trends Contrastive Rhetoric Text Linguistics Corpus Analyses Critical Discourse Analysis
2 Research in Academic and ESL Written Discourse and Text Features of Student Essay Writing
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3 Written Discourse and Text in Different Rhetorical Traditions
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Written Discourse and Text in Non-Anglo-American Rhetoric Learning the Norms of L2 Academic Discourse
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4 The Goals and Politics of Teaching ESL Writing
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The Importance of L2 Learners in the Academy English Composition for Native Speakers
45 46
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CONTENTS
L2 Writing Instruction for Non-Native Speakers Process-Centered Teaching Center Stage Content-Based Instruction for Writing in the Disciplines The Outcomes The Crux of the Issue Curricula in L2 College-Level Writing/Composition Courses
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