Analysis of Intercultural Rhetoric Patterns in L2 Blogging Texts

Location

Grissom Hall, Room 126

Start Date

6-3-2016 10:15 AM

End Date

6-3-2016 12:00 AM

Description

By adopting a corpus-based discourse analysis, this study examines intercultural rhetoric patterns within a corpus of 96 blog entries and its corresponding 192 responses on L2 students' experience on writing. Findings suggest that L2 writers vary their rhetorical move types based on the genre they describe, and engage in a virtual support group.

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Analysis of Intercultural Rhetoric Patterns in L2 Blogging Texts

Grissom Hall, Room 126

By adopting a corpus-based discourse analysis, this study examines intercultural rhetoric patterns within a corpus of 96 blog entries and its corresponding 192 responses on L2 students' experience on writing. Findings suggest that L2 writers vary their rhetorical move types based on the genre they describe, and engage in a virtual support group.