A study compared the expectations and goals of a university's composition program (UCP) and English language program (ELP). The UCP emphasized developing critical thinking through analytical writing, while the ELP focused on providing tools for students to communicate their points. The UCP assumed cultural knowledge of academic writing and expected sophisticated writing, while the ELP assumed no such knowledge and aimed for clear communication. The study examined how expectations differed and how writing programs could better transition ELL students.
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Cultures of Writing
1.
2. • Expectations of writing
between English programs
and ESL programs are very
different at the University
level.
• ESL students struggle with
academic writing at U.S.
universities.
3. • A study was conducted at a U.S.
University to determine the
differences between these two
programs.
• At the University used in the Study
the University Composition Program
(UCP) and the English Language
Program (ELP) where the two
programs of concern.
4. • Developing critical thinking skills is
emphasized
• Students are expected to write
analytical, argumentative essays.
• Writing should be issues oriented and
thesis driven.
• Writing is a process.
• Subtlety and the use of literary devices is
expected
5. • Emphasize a communicatively based
language
• Content based syllabi (writing to get you
point across)
• Deemphasize grammatical instruction
• Deductive essay format is taught
• Provide the students with tools to use
writing immediately in their academic
courses.
6. 1. Assumption of cultural knowledge
2. Metagoals of each program
3. Expectations of each program
4. The academic-culture of both programs
7. • UCP assumes cultural knowledge of “American”
academic writing.
• ELP assumes no cultural knowledge of “American”
academic writing. They instead focus on giving students
writing skills to get their point across.
8. • UCP- The metagoal of the program is writing
development. Each student learns through the writing
process how to become a better writer and write an
analytical essay.
• ELP- Their metagoal is to provide immediate useable
aids. They provide students with a simplified writing
process and tools to write a deductively formed essay
9. • UCP- Expect their students to use sophisticated thought
and expressive language in their writing.
• ELP- Expect straightforward communication. This is
referred to as a workpersonlike prose.
10. • UCP- The instructors us a disciplinary matrix of rhetoric.
• ELP- The instructors are applied linguistics.
Communicative approach is heavily emphasized.
11. • Writing programs should
examine their assumptions and
approach to L2 students.
• Communication between
writing programs and L2
language programs is
important
12. 1. How can ELL students be better transitioned to the
expectations of academic writing at the University level?
2. Should writing program instructors at Universities adapt
their expectations for ELL students? What
accommodations could be made?
13. (EFL) Atkinson, D. & Ramanathan, V. (1995). Cultures of
writing: An ethnographic comparison of L1 and L2
writing/language
programs.. TESOL
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