[Teaching_Composition] Why study transfer?

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:57:55 +0200

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Right=8Bit=B9s really helpful to know how any one study might fit a larger
pattern, and really helpful to realize studies in the aggregate bring more
whole understandings. I know that sounds like common sense, but it=B9s easy t=
o
forget.
Thanks again, Rich.
Tiane

On 9/21/07 4:56 PM, "Richard Haswell" <rhaswell@grandecom.net> wrote:

> For CompPile I=B9ve just been reviewing and uploading a bunch of recent
> scholarship from Europe (Amsterdam UP, Elsevier, John Benjamins, Gruyter,
> etc.) and I can attest to Tiane=B9s obvservation. Over and over you find pi=
eces
> that qualify their study with a particular theory or approach:
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> Joanna Wood, =B3Text in context: A critical discourse analysis approach to
> Margaret Paston=B2
> Salvador Pons Borderia, =B3A functional approach to the study of discourse
> markers=B2
> Daniel Perrin, =B3Progression analysis: An ethnographic, computer-based,
> multi-method approach to investigate natural writing processes=B2
> Ler Soon Lay Vivien, =B3A relevance-theoretic approach to discourse particl=
es in
> Singapore English=B2
> Gert Rijlaarsdam and Huub van den Bergh, =B3Writing process theory: A funct=
ional
> dynamic approach=B2
> Elizabeth Quintero, =B3A problem-posing approach to using native language
> writing in English literacy instruction=B2
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> And so on.
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> Not that awareness of =B3angle=B2 hasn=B9t been part of USA language research f=
or
> decades. But European researchers seem more open and at ease with the rea=
lity.
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> Rich Haswell
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> On 9/21/07 5:08 AM, "Christiane Donahue" <tdonahue@maine.edu> wrote:
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>> From what I=B9ve seen of European research, though, any one research proje=
ct
>> doesn=B9t necessarily explore every angle, just as no one researcher finds=
 all
>> the =B3answers.=B2 The body of research from a variety of perspectives is in
>> ongoing conversation.
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&#8212;it&#8217;s really helpful to know how any one study might fit a large=
r pattern, and really helpful to realize studies in the aggregate bring more=
 whole understandings. I know that sounds like common sense, but it&#8217;s =
easy to forget. 
Thanks again, Rich. 
Tiane 
 
 
On 9/21/07 4:56 PM, &quot;Richard Haswell&quot; &lt;rhaswell@grandecom.net&=
gt; wrote: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>For CompPile I&#8217;ve just been reviewing and uploading a bunch=
 of recent scholarship from Europe (Amsterdam UP, Elsevier, John Benjamins, =
Gruyter, etc.) and I can attest to Tiane&#8217;s obvservation. Over and over=
 you find pieces that qualify their study with a particular theory or approa=
ch: 
 
Joanna Wood, &#8220;Text in context: A critical discourse analysis approach=
 to Margaret Paston&#8221; 
Salvador Pons Borderia, &#8220;A functional approach to the study of discou=
rse markers&#8221; 
Daniel Perrin, &#8220;Progression analysis: An ethnographic, computer-based=
, multi-method approach to investigate natural writing processes&#8221; 
Ler Soon Lay Vivien, &#8220;A relevance-theoretic approach to discourse par=
ticles in Singapore English&#8221; 
Gert Rijlaarsdam and Huub van den Bergh, &#8220;Writing process theory: A f=
unctional dynamic approach&#8221; 
Elizabeth Quintero, &#8220;A problem-posing approach to using native langua=
ge writing in English literacy instruction&#8221; 
 
And so on. 
 
Not that awareness of &#8220;angle&#8221; hasn&#8217;t been part of USA lan=
guage research for decades. But European researchers seem more open and at e=
ase with the reality. 
 
Rich Haswell 
 
 
On 9/21/07 5:08 AM, &quot;Christiane Donahue&quot; &lt;tdonahue@maine.edu&g=
t; wrote: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>From what I&#8217;ve seen of European research, though,=
 any one research project doesn&#8217;t necessarily explore every angle, jus=
t as no one researcher finds all the &#8220;answers.&#8221; The body of rese=
arch from a variety of perspectives is in ongoing conversation. 
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