Making Sense In ESL: A Set of Three Rhetorical Structures
This paper presents a coherent framework for syllabus design in English as a Second Language instruction. A case is given for a discourse level focus in the ESL classroom, from beginning stages of learning through advanced levels. Then, three rhetorical modes, critical analysis of fiction, truth-sea...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics
1988-01-01
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| Series: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/631 |
| Summary: | This paper presents a coherent framework for syllabus design in English as a Second Language instruction. A case is given for a discourse level focus in the ESL classroom, from beginning stages of learning through advanced levels. Then, three rhetorical modes, critical analysis of fiction, truth-searching logical conversation, and classical argumentative essay writing, are suggested as the central activities in a content-based, textbook-free, and highly individualized ESL program. |
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| ISSN: | 2378-7600 |