Avon Crismore
Biographic Data
| ID | 187672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Avon Crismore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Avon |
| FAMILY NAME | Crismore |
| SIGNATURE | CRISMORE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perspectives on Teaching English in Burma Today and Yesterday
Because of the recent military governmental takeover of Burma (Myanmar) and the university student uprisings, few teachers of English outside of Burma have access to information about conditions for English teachers in Burma. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of the problems faced by English teachers and students on all levels in Burma. The following report is based on interview data from current and former English teachers and st…
Attitudes toward English in Malaysia
Language attitudes form the basis for the acceptance and growth of language varieties within a society. In situations in which the standard norm of a language and its non-native variety are used almost in tandem with one another, the users of these languages can provide insights into language trends. Perceptions and attitudes are indicators of the growth or decline of a variety of English. Teachers' language attitudes are important because of the…
Metadiscourse in Persuasive Writing: A Study of Texts Written by American and Finnish University Students
Metadiscourse refers to writers' discourse about their discourse—their directions for how readers should read, react to, and evaluate what they have written about the subject matter. In this study the authors divided metadiscourse into textual metadiscourse (text markers and interpretive markers) and interpersonal metadiscourse (hedges, certainty markers, attributors, attitude markers, and commentary). The purpose was to investigate cultural and …
Metadiscourse and discourse processes: Interactions and issues
This paper reports the impact of metadiscourse, a rhetorical domain that regulates the communicative function of language, on sixth‐grade students’ learning and attitudes. Metadiscourse directing the reader how to regard the author and the text was divided into two types, informational and attitudinal, and inserted in a social studies textbook chapter in either interpersonal or impersonal voice. Students were placed in high‐vocabulary or low‐voca…
Attitudes toward English in Malaysia
Language attitudes form the basis for the acceptance and growth of language varieties within a society. In situations in which the standard norm of a language and its non-native variety are used almost in tandem with one another, the users of these languages can provide insights into language trends. Perceptions and attitudes are indicators of the growth or decline of a variety of English. Teachers' language attitudes are important because of the…
Metadiscourse and discourse processes: Interactions and issues
This paper reports the impact of metadiscourse, a rhetorical domain that regulates the communicative function of language, on sixth‐grade students’ learning and attitudes. Metadiscourse directing the reader how to regard the author and the text was divided into two types, informational and attitudinal, and inserted in a social studies textbook chapter in either interpersonal or impersonal voice. Students were placed in high‐vocabulary or low‐voca…
Metadiscourse and discourse processes: Interactions and issues
This paper reports the impact of metadiscourse, a rhetorical domain that regulates the communicative function of language, on sixth‐grade students’ learning and attitudes. Metadiscourse directing the reader how to regard the author and the text was divided into two types, informational and attitudinal, and inserted in a social studies textbook chapter in either interpersonal or impersonal voice. Students were placed in high‐vocabulary or low‐voca…
Metadiscourse in Persuasive Writing: A Study of Texts Written by American and Finnish University Students
Metadiscourse refers to writers' discourse about their discourse—their directions for how readers should read, react to, and evaluate what they have written about the subject matter. In this study the authors divided metadiscourse into textual metadiscourse (text markers and interpretive markers) and interpersonal metadiscourse (hedges, certainty markers, attributors, attitude markers, and commentary). The purpose was to investigate cultural and …
Attitudes toward English in Malaysia
Language attitudes form the basis for the acceptance and growth of language varieties within a society. In situations in which the standard norm of a language and its non-native variety are used almost in tandem with one another, the users of these languages can provide insights into language trends. Perceptions and attitudes are indicators of the growth or decline of a variety of English. Teachers' language attitudes are important because of the…
Perspectives on Teaching English in Burma Today and Yesterday
Because of the recent military governmental takeover of Burma (Myanmar) and the university student uprisings, few teachers of English outside of Burma have access to information about conditions for English teachers in Burma. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of the problems faced by English teachers and students on all levels in Burma. The following report is based on interview data from current and former English teachers and st…
Linguistics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Interpersonal communication (2 works) · Metadiscourse (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (1 works)