ERIC Number: EJ1384555
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Mar
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0155-0640
EISSN: EISSN-1833-7139
Understanding Textual Meaning-Making in Chinese High School EFL Learners' Writing: A Systemic Functional Perspective
Xuan, Winfred Wenhui; Zhang, Dongbing
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, v46 n1 p29-53 Mar 2023
The present study examines the ways Chinese high school EFL learners organize information in their writing. A class of 50 students at grade 9 from a local high school in Guangzhou, China, were recruited as participants. The students' writing at grade 9 was collected as a corpus, comprising ten writing tasks from different text types. In order to gain a holistic understanding of the organization of information in student writing, the analytical framework of Theme at three levels -- that is, clause, paragraph, and text -- from Derewianka and Jones (2010) was adopted. Findings show that the students have varying degrees of control over information organization at different levels. In particular, the students are not proficient in organizing information at the paragraph level. Findings also show that registerial differences affect the organization of information. The study provides relevant pedagogical implications and recommendations for this group of learners.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, High School Students, Writing (Composition), Grade 9, Writing Assignments, Phrase Structure, Text Structure, Connected Discourse, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries, Linguistics, Cues, Language Proficiency, English for Academic Purposes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 9; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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