Chinese Rhetoric and Writing: An Introduction for Language Teachers

Andy Kirkpatrick and Zhichang Xu Perspectives on Writing (The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press) Series Editor: Susan H. McLeod Information and Pricing 978-1-60235-300-8 (paperback; $30); 978-1-60235-301-5 (hardcover; $60); 978-1-60235-302-2 (PDF: $20) © 2012 by Andy Kirkpatrick and Zhichang Xu. 229 pages, with notes and bibliography. Published by Parlor Press and the WAC Clearinghouse. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. Description In Chinese Rhetoric and Writing: An Introduction for Language Teachers, Andy Kirkpatrick and and Zhichang Xu offer a response to the argument that Chinese students’ academic writing in English is influenced by “culturally nuanced rhetorical baggage that is uniquely Chinese and hard to eradicate.” Noting that this argument draws from “an essentially monolingual and Anglo-centric view of writing,” they point out that the rapid growth in the use of English worldwide calls for “a radical reassessment of wh