Breaking the Constraints of Silence: The Stories of International Students.

Autor/in	Karbach, Joan B.
Titel	Breaking the Constraints of Silence: The Stories of International Students.
Quelle	(1998), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Classroom Techniques; English (Second Language); Essays; Foreign Students; Freshman Composition; Higher Education; Learning Strategies; Personal Writing; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods; Writing Assignments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Lehrerrolle; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	One of the first papers that Freshman Composition instructors still teach is the expressive or personal experience essay. Native English Speaking (NES) instructors who teach expressive writing believe that students looking back on their past selves gain new perspectives or reach new understanding of themselves or their world. This discovery often begins with dissonance. In the resolution of students' dissonance lies the opportunity for reflection and insight. Dissonance occurs with international students who, newly arrived in the United States, are asked in their composition classes to write a personal experience essay. Faced with the prospect of having to write a paper specifically designed for an "I" conscious culture, how does the student from a "we" conscious culture reconcile the gap? One way is to ignore the expressive constraint and write informatively from a collective standpoint. Another way is to circumvent the expressive constraint and write fiction. When international students face the dissonance, they find their own way around the boundaries; they do not need the instructors' help to cross them nor to resolve their dissonance. (Contains 17 references.) (CR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01