Cultural-Rhetorical Patterns and Bidirectional Transfer in relation to Educational Context  

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Nagri, Dessy Dwi Kurnianing Hangrekso

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: 58th TEFLIN International Conference: Language Teaching and Character Building, Semarang, 3rd-5th November 2011, page 1-8.
Topik: Cultural-Rhetorical Pattern; Indonesian essay; and English essay
Fulltext: 27.DESSY DWI KURNIANING HANGREKSO NAGRI.pdf (88.81KB)

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The study examines whether writers from shared culture backgrounds display common writing patterns in their essays and whether these patterns differ while writing in Indonesian versus English. The study explored the presence and bidirectional transfer of rhetorical patterns in thirteen Indonesian participants’ writing in relation to previous writing instructional context defined as “small culture.” Participants were first given a survey about their writing instruction history. Then, each participant wrote two argumentative essays in Indonesian and English. These essays were analyzed and stimulated recall interviews were given to discover the reasoning behind certain rhetorical patterns and their transfer. The results revealed that participants tended to apply general order of organization and paragraph pattern ‘collection’ (associating the essay topic with Indonesian symbols). In terms of coherence and transition signaling, participants failed to maintain consistency of being coherent and transitioning smoothly while writing in English. However, although most rhetorical patterns could be traced to the educational context, various other influences, such as English level, topic, and audience were also found to account for these patterns and their transfer.

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