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Cohesive ties in the expository writing of adult Korean ESL subjects and native speakers of English

Leimkuhler, Margaret Rose

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Title
Cohesive ties in the expository writing of adult Korean ESL subjects and native speakers of English
Author(s)
Leimkuhler, Margaret Rose
Issue Date
1990
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
  • Cruickshank, Don
  • Mack, Molly
  • Markee, Numa
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Teaching English as a Second Language
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
  • Teaching English as Second Language
  • Cohesive ties
  • Two-way analyses of variance
Language
eng
Abstract
This study examined the occurrence of cohesive ties as defined by Halliday and Hasan (1976) in the expository prose of university-level Korean ESL subjects and native English speakers. Twenty-five essays were collected from each language group and analyzed for cohesive ties using Halliday and Hasan's categorization of cohesive devices. The results of the cohesive tie analysis for the two language groups were then compared using two-way analyses of variance. Correlation tests were also conducted which compared the Korean subjects' cohesive tie counts and their combined scores on the structure and cloze sections of the English Placement Test given at the University of Illinois. The results of these comparisons and correlations arc presented, and implications for future research and the teaching of English as a Second Language are discussed.
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text
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