Analyzing Cross-Cultural Writing Differences using Contrastive Rhetoric: A Critical Review

Badar Almuhailib

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This paper presents a critical review of the cross-cultural writing styles in the light of contrastive rhetoric approach established by Kaplan in 1966. Although Kaplan compared different writing styles depending on the culture each language was attached to, his comparison was criticized by some scholars the prominent one of which is Conor 1996. Advantages and disadvantages of the approach being utilized to find the cultural influences in L2 writing was discussed detail. Further, the implementation of such approach was shed light on, apart from how policy makers would benefit from the approach in teaching the L2 writing skill.

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Contrastive Rhetoric, Writing Skill, Cultural Influence, L2 Writing

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.10n.2p.102

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