Maria Eugenia Domínguez-MujicaEngL5630: Writing for Academic PurposesFeb, 03, 2006Presentation AssignmentTopics related to working with Non-Native Speakers of EnglishLearning English as second language implies learning a new way to organize the world to beexpressed. In my view, writing instruction shares this common bond with second language acquisition:you also need to order the world in other specific way. Contrastive Rhetoric examines differences and similarities in writing across cultures. Currentresearches in this realm have something to say about the differences in competence between nativeEnglish-speakers (NES) and non-native English-speakers (NNES). For instance, Martínez (2005) in onestudy about construction of the writer's persona in researches find that:NES used first person mainly to show that they assumed responsibility for themethodological decisions that led to the results obtained (…)However, her investigation shows that NNES writers have problems using this enunciation way.According to Kapper (2005) in Second Language Writing realm: (…) some of the issues discussed most frequently include: assessment, peerfeedback, teacher feedback, writing prompts, audience, voice, computer-based textanalysis, contrastive rhetoric, computers and the writing process, ideology, genre, secondlanguage writing processes, plagiarism, and placement.There is a wide range of differences, related to the structure of the learner’s native language.Besides, according to Edlund:Literature, culture and education have rhetorical influences beyond organizational patterns (Edlun, 2003; 377) Specifically I would rather examine the ESL notes included in a writer handbook1, in order to seewhat kind of help is provided, and also, I would like to examine if this endeavors are substantial usefulsince my own point of view, as a NNES.1 Troyka, Lynn and Hesse. 2005. Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers. Pearson Prentice Hall: New JerseyBIBLIOGRAPHYConnor, U. 1996. Contrastive rhetoric: Cross-cultural aspects of second-language writing. Cambridge,NY: Cambridge University PressEdlund, John. 2003. Non-native Speakers of English. In: Clark, Irene. Concepts in composition. NewJersey: Lawrence Elbaum.Kaplan, R. B. 1966. Cultural thought patterns in intercultural education. Language Learning 16, 1-20.Kapper, Jessie. 2005. The First 10 Years of the Journal of Second Language Writing: An UpdatedRetrospective. http://www.jslw.org/ (Journal of Second Language Writing – Online) Martínez, Iliana A. 2005. Native and non-native writers’ use of first person pronouns in the differentsections of biology research articles in English. http://www.jslw.org/ (Journal of Second Language Writing – Online) Silva, Tony and Paul Kei Matsuda (eds). 2001. On Second Language