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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825528603321

Autore

You Xiaoye <1974->

Titolo

Writing in the devil's tongue : a history of English composition in China / / Xiaoye You

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-280-69745-8

9786613674418

0-8093-8691-7

1-4416-4567-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

428.0071/0951

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - China

English language - Study and teaching - Chinese speakers

Language and culture - China

Report writing - Study and teaching - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.209-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Encountering the devil's writing, 1862-1918 -- Writing and decolonization, 1919-49 -- Writing and the Proletarian revolution, 1950-76 -- Writing and the four modernizations, 1977-90 -- Writing and socialism with Chinese characteristics, 1991-2008 -- Writing in our tongue.

Sommario/riassunto

Until recently, American composition scholars have studied writing instruction mainly within the borders of their own nation, rarely considering English composition in the global context in which writing in English is increasingly taught.  Writing in the Devil's Tongue challenges this anachronistic approach by examining the history of English composition instruction in an East Asian country. Author Xiaoye You offers scholars a chance to observe how a nation changed from monolingual writing practices to bilingual writing instruction in a school setting.             <