Journal Article10.2307/3587118
Writing Across Languages: Analysis of L2 Text. Ulla Connor and Robert B. Kaplan (Eds.)
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TL;DR: In this paper, a collection of articles presents an evaluation of research in the analysis of written text and its application in the teaching of second-language writing skills, and presents linguistic and psychological theories that look at written text not only as a product but also as a process of creative analysis and interpretation.
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Abstract: This collection of articles presents an evaluation of research in the analysis of written text and its application in the teaching of second-language writing skills. The volume presents linguistic and psychological theories that look at written text not only as a product but also as a process of creative analysis and interpretation.
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The relationship of lexical proficiency to the quality of ESL compositions
TL;DR: The role of the lexical component as one factor in holistic scoring was reported on and high, significant correlations were found for lexical variation, that is, the ratio of the number of different lexical items in the essay adjusted to length.
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Training students to become successful peer reviewers
TL;DR: This paper found that vague feedback and misinterpretation of writers intentions on the reviewers' part were two major reasons why most of their comments are disregarded during writers' revision in one EFL writing class.
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Textual metadiscourse in research articles: a marker of national culture or of academic discipline?
TL;DR: This paper investigated writer manifestation in three languages, English, French and Norwegian, and three disciplines, economics, linguistics and medicine, in order to see whether language or discipline is the most important variable governing the pattern of metatext in academic discourse.
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New Directions in Contrastive Rhetoric
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