Second language writers' text : linguistic and rhetorical features /
2nd language writers' text
Eli Hinkel.
- xx, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- ESL and applied linguistics professional series .
- ESL and applied linguistics professional series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and index.
Foreword / Background: Research in Text and Written Discourse. Writing as Text. Research in Academic and ESL Written Discourse and Text. Written Discourse and Text in Different Rhetorical Traditions. The Goals and Politics of Teaching ESL Writing. The Study of Features of Second Language Text: Essays, the Data, and Methods of Analysis -- Common Linguistic and Rhetorical Features of Academic ESL Text. Nouns, Pronouns, and Nominals and Their Functions and Uses in Text. The Verb Phrase and Deverbals and Their Functions and Uses in Text. Adjectives and Adverbs and Their Functions and Uses in Text. Subordinate Clauses and Their Functions and Uses. Text-Rhetorical Features and Their Functions and Uses -- The Effect of Prompts on ESL Text. The First Three Prompts. The Second Three Prompts. The Differences That the Prompts Make -- Conclusion. Determining Priorities in Teaching and Curriculum. Epilogue. Rank-Order of Median Frequency Rates of Linguistic Features in NS and NNS Texts -- Comparisons of Common Linguistic and Rhetorical Features in Academic Essays Across Prompts By L1 groups. Robert B. Kaplan -- I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. III. 11. 12. 13. IV. 14. 15. App. A. App. B.
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher) Second language acquisition College prose--Evaluation