A study on a discourse marker so in E-mails between Korean EFL learners and Australian English speakers.

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-472
Author(s):  
YuKyongAe
Keyword(s):  
English Speakers ◽  
Discourse Marker ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Australian English ◽  
Korean Efl Learners

A corpus-based analysis of so in written discourse: A comparison between L1 English speakers and Japanese EFL learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shie Sato
Keyword(s):  
English Learners ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Discourse Marker ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
L1 English

Abstract This study examines the functional variability of so in essays written by 200 L1 English speakers (ENSs) and 400 Japanese EFL learners (EFLs). Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study elucidates discourse marker usage of so in each group, thereby establishing the normative patterns of use among ENSs and the features specific to L2 English writers. The findings suggest that ENSs use so strategically as a preface to stance-taking by carefully selecting and adjusting the information to be established as common ground with the reader. EFLs use so in a manner distinctly different from ENSs, displaying varying degrees of understanding and difficulty in utilising the word’s discoursal properties. The study concludes that it is important for L2 English learners to learn the uses of so not only as a connective marker with resultative meaning but also as a resource for projecting stance and assertion.

Gender Variables in Strategy Use for Korean EFL Learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Y. Duvernay Nicholas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Strategy Use ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Korean Efl Learners

Evidence from an ERP Study : Can the Korean EFL Learners Change the Way to Process the English Topicalized Constructions?

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-61
Author(s):  
Sung-Hun Kim ◽  
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Sang-Hee Bae ◽  
Kee-Seok Cho
Keyword(s):  
Efl Learners ◽  
Korean Efl Learners ◽  
The Way
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