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Italian university students' academic papers in English did not fulfil their English teachers'expectations in a number of ways. It was realized that this mismatch reflected different cultural attitudes to the functions of the written word and the purposes of the writer, some of which could be illustrated by reference to the Italian education system. The content, value, and implications of a 'cultural syllabus' are discussed.
J. Daniel Sherman (Wed,) studied this question.