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Teaching Academic Writing Skills using Intercultural Rhetoric Approach The Criticisms and Intercultural Communication

Albert Agbesi Wornyo (1) , Ernest Kwesi Klu (2)
1. ¹Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
2. ²Department of English, University of Venda, South Africa
https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v18i3.768

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018)
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2016 November 28
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2018 November 10
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    language socialization, native speaker norms, pedagogical recommendations, intercultural communication, intercultural rhetoric
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This paper seeks to point out that intercultural rhetoric pedagogical recommendations for teaching academic writing skills promote second language socialization and intercultural communication and do not merit the criticisms raised against them. It outlines the pedagogical recommendations of intercultural rhetoric researchers, presents the arguments that have been raised against the recommendations and points out that the recommendations support second language socialization and intercultural communication competence. The paper argues that the use of native speaker norm as the rhetorical style for teaching English as a Second Language learners is in line with pedagogical models advocated by practitioners engaged in teaching English to learners of other languages. The paper concludes that the pedagogical recommendations encourage second language socialization and intercultural communication competence.

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Albert Agbesi Wornyo
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Ernest Kwesi Klu
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Albert Agbesi Wornyo

Albert Agbesi Wornyo is currently pursuing his PhD in English Communication Skills at the University of Venda, South Africa.He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics and Psychology from the University of Ghana, Legon. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. His research area is discourse analysis and composition studies with a focus on the analysis of media discourse.

Ernest Kwesi Klu

Ernest Kwesi Klu, is the product of the University of Ibadan and the Rand Afrikaans University where he studied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics respectively. He has taught at the University of Namibia and the Medical University of Southern Africa. He is currently teaching at the University of Venda. He is an Associate Professor and the Vice Dean of the School of Human and Social Sciences, University of Venda, South Africa. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, supervised postgraduate students and served as external examiner for several universities.

Wornyo, A. A., & Klu, E. K. (2018). Teaching Academic Writing Skills using Intercultural Rhetoric Approach The Criticisms and Intercultural Communication. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 18(3), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v18i3.768
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Wornyo, A. A., & Klu, E. K. (2018). Teaching Academic Writing Skills using Intercultural Rhetoric Approach The Criticisms and Intercultural Communication. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 18(3), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v18i3.768