scholarly journals Analysis of the Rhetorical Patterns in Iraqi EFL Students' Writings

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Lafta Jassim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
Efl Students

scholarly journals A genre analysis of research article ‘findings and discussion’ sections written by Indonesian undergraduate EFL students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Didi Suherdi ◽  
Eri Kurniawan ◽  
Arif Husein Lubis
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
State Educational

The quality of findings and discussion (FD) section in a research article is crucial to elucidate the results of a particular inquiry and to situate the significance of the results in the body of knowledge through publications in scientific journals. Previous academic genre analysis has generated several models to help novice writers develop the rhetorical moves of the FD sections across disciplines. However, the study on the quality of the rhetorical moves in the undergraduate EFL students’ research articles is still scarce. Hence, this study seeks to examine the manifestation of rhetorical moves in the findings and discussion sections written by Indonesian undergraduate EFL students. A total of 113 unpublished ELT research articles from a state educational university in Bandung was selected as the target corpus. AntMover 1.10 was employed as the analysis tool. The top-down approach was carried out to obtain the existing rhetorical structure using Ruiying and Allison’s (2003) framework as the guideline. The bottom-up approach was used to scrutinize the linguistic realizations of the rhetorical moves. The findings demonstrated that, in the move level, most of the students’ FD sections had manifested the four moves, i.e., providing background information, reporting results, summarizing results, and commenting on results. However, in the step level, a number of FD sections did not provide detailed information regarding the sequence of the findings presentation, the analysis procedure to obtain the findings, the explanation for the findings, and the highlight of the significance of the findings. The randomized rhetorical patterns were also dominant. It can downgrade the clarity and rigor of the FD sections. Despite that, the linguistic realizations of the moves, particularly the tense and sentence voice, mostly conformed to the norms. The findings may serve as a reference to develop the teaching materials of English for research publication purposes (ERPP).

scholarly journals Modes of Discourse: A Cross-Cultural Study of Essays Written in English and Spanish by EFL Students in Costa Rica (Part 1)

LETRAS ◽  
2007 ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Ileana Saborío Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Study ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Research Questions

Mediante un análisis contrastivo se evalúan los patrones retóricos interculturales desarrollados por estudiantes nativohablantes del español, en el proceso de escritura. Se plantean cinco preguntas de investigación con respecto a las diferencias o similitudes cuando se escribe en español o en inglés, y su influencia en la escritura para el desarrollo del estilo y la estructura oracional, así como sus implicaciones pedagógicas.A contrastive analysis was used to evaluate the cross-cultural rhetorical patterns developed by native Spanish-speaking students, in the writing process. Five research questions were posed with respect to similarities or differences when writing in Spanish or English, and their influence on writing in the development of style and sentence structure, as well as their pedagogical implications.

Whatsapp Messenger as a Mobile Media to Learn Writing for EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Ida Ri'aeni
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Department ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract   The objective of this research is to find out the use of Whatsapp Messenger as a mobile media to learn writing in EFL classes.Several researchers have attempted to prove applicability of mobile learning as modern ways of teaching and learning (Naismith, 2004:115). Moreover, applying portable technologies have been demanded by most of the modern learners who oftentimes are forced to study anywhere, and anytime, for example, at work, in the bus or at weekends (Evans, 2008:115).The research was motivated by the students’ difficulties in writing. The sample of this research was three classes of first grade students of English Department of Unswagati. The instrument of this research was questionnaire sheet. Data from questionnaire sheet was analyzed based on the frequency students’ answers and then was calculated and interpreted into percentages. The result shows WhatsApp Messenger attracts the students interest and also the students have positive responses towards the using ofWhatsAppMessenger. In applying WhatsApp group, the writer concluded that, learning using WhatsApp group has effective to develop their creativity in writing skill. On the other hand, the result from the questionnaire sheet indicated that almost of students is active in learning to writing recount text. Students can learn out of the classroom. Beside WhatsApp can be used privately, it can be used for students’ education. The students can use their gadget positively for their ability in learning English. The students can improve their knowledge in learning ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Keyword: WhatsApp Messenger,EFL writing, Instructional Media, ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).

Study of Consonant Pronunciations Errors Committed by EFL Learners

2019 ◽  
pp. 48-56
Author(s):  
Ali Akbar Khansir ◽  
Afsaneh Salehabadi
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Knowledge Of Language

As the topic suggests, the research paper presents Study of Consonant Pronunciations Errors Committed by EFL Learners. Error analysis always tries to resolve language learners’ problems in acquiring second or foreign language setting. Learning to English pronunciation is perhaps as important as learning listening skill, speaking, and spelling. Errors in English pronunciation create several problems for English language learners in their works. In other words, most of the English language errors of pronunciation are due to the lack of knowledge of language learners. However, all the students in our sample are of age group (16-25) at Bushehr language institute and they are all Iranian nationals. In addition, all of them were female learners. An English pronunciation (consonant) test was used to get information about the knowledge of the learners in English pronunciation. Findings of this article indicated that the first and second hypotheses of this article were accepted, but the third hypothesis was rejected. However, the findings of this paper showed that the Iranian EFL students have problem to pronounce English sounds correctly.

An Intercultural Exchange Project Between KFL and EFL Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-136
Author(s):  
Jung Jee Min ◽  
◽  
Hyun Byun Ji
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Exchange ◽  
Efl Students

DISTINGUISHING THE INDISTINGUISHABLE OF THE WORDS INJURED, WOUNDED, AND HURT: A CORPUS INVESTIGATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Kusumawardani Dewa Ayu Novi
Keyword(s):  
English Word ◽  
Know How ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Difference

Most people, especially EFL students, claimed that English has rich vocabularies. Each vocabulary has many synonyms that could be found in thesaurus. But the problem is, those synonymous words can hardly be differentiated when applied in daily communication. It is because each of the English word has its own context and rule when it is used in a sentence or an utterance. However, in reality, this rule is often ignored by people. It is because they rely more on their intuition. Yet, it needs more than intuition to know the difference and how to use the words properly. The words ‘injured’, ‘wounded’, and ‘hurt’ were chosen as the object of this study, since those words are synonymous and distinguishable. A quick survey had been done by the researcher to know how EFL students and people in general used these three words. It turned out that they used those three words by ignoring the rule and depending on their intuition instead. The aim of this research is to help people to know the difference among those three words. By retrieving data from COCA and finding the collocation of those words, it is hoped that the reader will realize that these synonymous words are not as synonymous as they thought.

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