2022
DOI: 10.21834/jabs.v7i23.417
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Essays by ESL Learners: Interactional Metadiscourse (MD) Analysis

Abstract: This study highlights how critical MD should be used in ESL writing. Based on Hyland's metadiscourse (MD) table (2005), this study examined interactional MD markers in 40 expository essays written by ESL students taking different courses. The study sought to determine whether learners in separate course groups differed in their choice of MD and whether both groups used the exact amount and type. The quantity and variety of materials employed by the two groups varied to some extent. While hard science students … Show more

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