Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ566399
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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What Develops in the Development of Second-Language Writing?
Shaw, Philip; Liu, Eric Ting-Kun
Applied Linguistics, v19 n2 p225-54 Jun 1998
This study investigated register features of 164 foreign students' English writing before and after full-time courses in English for academic purposes. Results indicate the major changes were from features of spoken English to those more typical of formal writing, both in surface detail and in more fundamental characteristics. Less change occurred in complexity of construction or variety of vocabulary. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Skill Development, Time Factors (Learning), Writing Processes, Writing Skills, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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