Contributors to this Unit

The following sources were used in the creation of this unit:

Content Development

Other Resources

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Ferris, Dana R. "Rhetorical Strategies in Student Persuasive Writing: Differences Between Native and Non-Native English Speakers." Research in the Teaching of English 28.1 (February 1994): 45-65.

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Horning, Alice S. Teaching Writing as a Second Language. Southern Illinois UP, 1987.

Lu, Min-zhan. "From Silence to Words: Writing as a Struggle." College English 49 (April 1987): 437-48.

Oster, Judith. "The ESL Composition Course and the Idea of a University." College English 47, No. 1 (1985): 66-76.

Peyton, Joy Kreeft, and Jana Staton. Dialogue Journals in the Multilingual Classroom. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1990.

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Shen, Fan. "The Classroom and the Wider Culture: Identity as a Key to Learning English Composition." College English and Communication 40 (December 1989): 459-66.

Zamel, Vivian. "Strangers in Academia: The Experiences of Faulty and ESL Students Across the Curriculum." College Composition and Communication 46.4 (December 1995): 506-21.