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A corpus study of the phraseology of written argumentative English:: a subsequent exploration of the uses of concordancing and corpora in the teaching and autonomous learning of EAP - Couverture souple

McKenny, John

 
9783838376561: A corpus study of the phraseology of written argumentative English:: a subsequent exploration of the uses of concordancing and corpora in the teaching and autonomous learning of EAP
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838376560 ISBN 13 : 9783838376561
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

In this book John McKenny explores the nature of the argumentative writing of advanced learners of English. Having compiled a representative corpus of essays by university students throughout Portugal in the mould of the International Corpus of Learner English (PORTICLE), he compiled a Corpus of Experts (CofE) comprising editorials from broadsheet newspapers in the UK and US which would represent accomplished L1 writing. He used a sub-corpus of LOCNESS to represent the argumentative writing of American undergraduates and a sub-corpus of BAWE to represent good writing by British students. These 4corpora form a spectrum of writings ranging from L2 learners (PORTICLE, L1 learners (LOCNESS) to proficient L1 writers (BAWE) and expert writers (CofE). Certain tendencies emerged when the use of formulaic sequences (FS) were investigated. The L2 learners greatly overused certain FSs (e.g. I think) and used fewer types of FSs. One explanation of this overuse is the so- called "teddy-bear effect". After characterizing the phraseological competence of L1 learners in comparison with L2 writers, ways of helping them produce more natural language are suggested.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this book John McKenny explores the nature of the argumentative writing of advanced learners of English. Having compiled a representative corpus of essays by university students throughout Portugal in the mould of the International Corpus of Learner English (PORTICLE), he compiled a Corpus of Experts (CofE) comprising editorials from broadsheet newspapers in the UK and US which would represent accomplished L1 writing. He used a sub-corpus of LOCNESS to represent the argumentative writing of American undergraduates and a sub-corpus of BAWE to represent good writing by British students. These 4corpora form a spectrum of writings ranging from L2 learners (PORTICLE, L1 learners (LOCNESS) to proficient L1 writers (BAWE) and expert writers (CofE). Certain tendencies emerged when the use of formulaic sequences (FS) were investigated. The L2 learners greatly overused certain FSs (e.g. I think) and used fewer types of FSs. One explanation of this overuse is the so- called "teddy-bear effect". After characterizing the phraseological competence of L1 learners in comparison with L2 writers, ways of helping them produce more natural language are suggested.

Biographie de l'auteur

John McKenny hails from Ireland. He has been an EFL and ESP teacher and a teacher trainer since 1978. He has taught EFL/ESP/EAP in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Oman, Sweden, England, Wales and Hungary. He currently holds the post of Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838376560
ISBN 13 
9783838376561
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
316
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