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On Rhetorical Patterns in ESL Writing and Teachers’ Expectation for the Patterns

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Abstract

This paper is organized into three main sections. In the first section, theories and related research on rhetorical patterns are reviewed. The second section analyzes and discusses the rhetorical patterns demonstrated in the essays of ESL learners in China and Canada. The paper is ended with a third section that discusses the implications of this research for the future studies and the teaching of ESL writing.

Published in Education Journal (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.edu.20140304.15
Page(s) 235-238
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Keywords

Rhetorical Patterns ESL Learners ESL Writing

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  • College of Foreign Language, China Three Gorges University, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China

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