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Aytaç-Demirçivi, Kadriye – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The present study investigates the usage of speech like expressions in written works of Turkish learners of English. It also aims to find out the differences between C1 and B1 level learners in terms of the frequency and types of speech like expressions. The participants in this study were 21 B1 and 33 C1 level students at a state university in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
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Kafes, Huseyin – English Language Teaching, 2017
In parallel with the recognition of the importance of writer presence in academic texts, there has been an increasing interest in writer stance. Yet, very little of this research has been devoted to the construction of stance through retrospective labels. Driven by this need, this study aims to investigate the construction of stance through…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Attitudes, Authors, Journal Articles
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Özkayran, Ali; Yilmaz, Emrullah – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
The aim of this study is to analyse the errors of higher education students in English writing tasks. In the study, the paragraphs in the exam papers of 57 preparatory class students, studying at a state university in Turkey in 2017-2018 academic year, were analysed. The study was conducted using qualitative research method. Case study was used in…
Descriptors: College Students, Error Analysis (Language), Case Studies, Second Language Learning
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Akbulut, Fatma Demiray – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Over the last few decades, it has become obligatory to publish academic research to survive in the academic world. In academic writing skill, lexical bundles (LBs) usage is marked as a master ability to build well-organized paragraphs or essays and are essential instruments to sound more natural and be fluent in English. The current study aimed to…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Native Speakers, Faculty Publishing, Academic Language
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Taymaz, Neris – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
In the path of academic writing, authors accomplish certain interactions with their readers through the means of meta-discourse markers such as hedges and boosters. There have been many studies that dwell on the function of meta-discourse markers (Abdi, Rizi, & Tavakoli, 2010; Crismore, 1984; Hyland, 1999, 2000, 2001; Longo, 1994). However,…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
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Koyalan, Aylin; Mumford, Simon – English for Specific Purposes, 2011
The process of writing journal articles is increasingly being seen as a collaborative process, especially where the authors are English as an Additional Language (EAL) academics. This study examines the changes made in terms of register to EAL writers' journal articles by a native-speaker writing centre advisor at a private university in Turkey.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Private Colleges, Nouns