Abstract While numerous studies have been conducted on the effects of first language (L1) rhetorical organisation on second/foreign language (L2) rhetorical organisation, few studies have been conducted on the effects of L2 rhetorical organisation on L1 rhetorical organisation. This article reports on a study that examined the effect of the organisational patterns of English as a second language on the organisational patterns demonstrated by Persian native speakers in Persian expository writing. To this end, the writing patterns of 208 participants from an Iranian public university were compared across seven groups. To examine how L2 (English) might have influenced the patterns of the participants’ paragraph organisation, the participants were asked to write a paragraph in their L1 (Persian). Moreover, in-depth interviews were conducted with three of the participants. An analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data revealed that the participants with higher levels of English language proficiency unconsciously transferred English patterns of paragraph organisation to Persian and produced paragraphs of higher quality. Pedagogical implications are drawn for the dynamic nature of L2 to L1 transfer and productive power relations while writing expository texts.

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说明文写作中的反向对比修辞：工作中的转移和权力关系

摘要尽管针对第一语言（L1）修辞组织对第二/外语（L2）修辞组织的影响进行了大量研究，但针对L2修辞组织对L1修辞组织的影响进行的研究很少。本文报告了一项研究，该研究检查了英语作为第二语言的组织模式对波斯文释义写作中波斯语母语人展示的组织模式的影响。为此，在七个小组中比较了来自一所伊朗公立大学的208名参与者的写作模式。为了检查L2（英语）如何影响参与者的段落组织方式，要求参与者在他们的L1（波斯语）中写一个段落。而且，对其中三个参与者进行了深入采访。对定量和定性数据的分析表明，英语水平较高的参与者在不知不觉中将段落组织的英语模式转移到了波斯语中，并产生了较高质量的段落。在编写说明性文字时，对L2到L1转移的动态性质和生产能力关系具有教学意义。