Analyzing Cross-Cultural Writing Differences using Contrastive Rhetoric: A Critical Review

Autor/in	Almuhailib, Badar
Titel	Analyzing Cross-Cultural Writing Differences using Contrastive Rhetoric: A Critical Review
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 10 (2019) 2, S.102-106 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Cultural Differences; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Writing Skills; Cultural Influences; Writing Instruction; Teaching Methods; Contrastive Linguistics; Semitic Languages; Native Language; Transfer of Training; Criticism; Native Speakers; Rhetoric + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kultureller Unterschied; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Schreibunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Kritik; Muttersprachler; Rhetorik
Abstract	This paper presents a critical review of the cross-cultural writing styles in the light of contrastive rhetoric approach established by Kaplan in 1966. Although Kaplan compared different writing styles depending on the culture each language was attached to, his comparison was criticized by some scholars the prominent one of which is Conor 1996. Advantages and disadvantages of the approach being utilized to find the cultural influences in L2 writing was discussed detail. Further, the implementation of such approach was shed light on, apart from how policy makers would benefit from the approach in teaching the L2 writing skill. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01