Writing and rhetoric along the U.S.-Mexico border
This article explores the rhetorical patterns of writers along the U.S.-Mexico border. The article first explores the complex history of the border region, and grounded in this cross-border history, the article rejects border theories that privilege the local and U.S. view. Instead, based on the Human Capability Approach, this article explores five "functionings" or typified rhetorical patterns or genres on the border and examines how writers along the border are capable of working in a variety of these functionings. It grounds this analysis in health communications but ends by discussing how different Spanish-English multilinguals manifest different variations of these five functionings based on their individual rhetorical and cultural histories.
ESL writing in the University of Guanajuato : the struggle to enter a discourse community
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The Lexical Approach: The State of ELT and a Way Forward
1. Background 2. Developing Ideas 3. The Wider Context 4. The Nature of Meaning 5. The Nature of Lexis 6. Lexis in the Syllabus 7. Lexis in Language Teaching 8. Grammar Content in the Lexical Approach 9. Explanation and Practice in the Lexical Approach 10. The Nature of Error 11. Responding to Error 12. The Role for Materials 13. Teaching, Teacher Training and Methodological Implications