Writing with Authority: Students' Roles as Writers in Cross-National Perspective

by David Foster

Writing with Authority: Students' Roles as Writers in Cross-National Perspective offers a comparison of student writers in two university cultures--one German and one American--as the students learn to connect their writing to academic content. David Foster demonstrates the effectiveness of using cross-cultural comparisons to assess differences in literacy activities and suggests teaching approaches that will help American students better...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809327082
• ISBN13: 9780809327089
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.5"