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| Autor/inn/en | Uludag, Pakize; Crawford, William J.; McDonough, Kim |
|---|---|
| Titel | English for Academic Purposes Writers' Use of Reporting Verbs in Argumentative and Cause-and-Effect Essay Exams |
| Quelle | In: BC TEAL Journal, 6 (2021) 1, S.42-58 (17 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 2369-4211 |
| Schlagwörter | English for Academic Purposes; Academic Language; Second Language Learning; Writing Instruction; Essay Tests; Verbs; Persuasive Discourse; Writing Skills; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Canada (Montreal) |
| Abstract | The effective use of reporting verbs is an important part of establishing credibility in source-based writing. Although comparative studies of academic writing have shown that the reporting verbs used by novice and expert writers differ by discipline, fewer studies have examined whether such differences exist in English for academic purposes (EAP) writing, which often focuses on generic essay types as opposed to discipline-specific academic genres. Using a corpus of 1027 texts written by EAP students at an English-medium Canadian University, this study explored whether additional language (L2) writers' reporting verb choices differed in cause-and-effect and argumentative essays. Adopting semantic classifications from previous research, the occurrence of 34 reporting verbs across four semantic categories ("argue," "think," "find," "show") in the two essay types were compared. Results indicated that EAP students relied on a limited number of reporting verbs regardless of essay type. In contrast to disciplinary writing, "find" verbs occurred infrequently while "argue" verbs were most frequent. Pedagogical implications are discussed in terms of the relationship between essay type and L2 writers' use of reporting verbs. (As Provided). |
| Anmerkungen | Association of BC Teachers of English as an Additional Language. #206 - 640 West Broadway, Vancouver BC, V5Z 1G4, Canada. Tel: 604-736-6330; Fax: 604-736-6303; e-mail: admin@bcteal.org; Web site: https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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