Chinese Rhetoric and Writing An Introduction for Language Teachers

• Main Authors: Kirkpatrick, Andy (Author), Xu, Zhichang (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: [Place of publication not identified] WAC Clearinghouse [2012]
• Series: Open textbook library.
• Subjects: Education > Textbooks; Humanities > Textbooks; Language and languages > Textbooks; Rhetoric > Textbooks
• Online Access: Access online version

The authors of Chinese Rhetoric and Writing offer a response to the argument that Chinese students' academic writing in English is influenced by "culturally nuanced rhetorical baggage that is uniquely Chinese and hard to eradicate." Noting that this argument draws from "an essent...