English Grammar for Today: A New Introduction

Leech, Geoffrey; Hoogenraad, Robert; Birch, David

doi:10.1177/003368828401500208

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“…On the contrary, in speaking there is a two-way comunication process in which both speaker and listener are engaged in interaction (Tribble 1996). Leech (1982) views that speaking and writing differ in form as a result of the difference in medium. That is to say, there are features of speech which are absent in writing such as rhythm, intonation, an non-linguistic noises such as signs and laughter.…”

Section: Written Languagementioning

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An Analysis of Student’s Ability in Writing at Riau University Pekanbaru - Indonesia

Hasan¹,

Marzuki²

2017

TPLS

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Abstract-This study focused on the analysis of students' writing performance. It aimed to ascertain the students' ability in using grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, spelling, coherence and cohesion. To measure the students' writing ability, they were told to do a writing task to be completed in less than 75 minutes in duration. The task asked them to imagine that they were working for a company in Batam, a fast-growing administrative town in Kepulauan Riau Province. They were told to write a letter to their friends who wanted to know about the companies they were working for, the companies' future prospects, the availability of vacancies in them, and the requirements to be met if their friends wanted to apply for positions there. The findings the study showed that grammatical problems seemed to be the most frequent made by the students ranging from error in using plural forms, articles, verb, forms, clauses, passive voice and prepositions. The findings also indicated that problems in coherence and cohesion stemed from the absence of cohesive markers in the students' sentences which affected how they put ideas in their letters coherently. However, despite the problems the students faced in writing, on the whole the results of their writing were good enough as they were able to include most of the important information required by their friends.

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Section: Written Languagementioning

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An Analysis of Student’s Ability in Writing at Riau University Pekanbaru - Indonesia

Hasan¹,

Marzuki²

2017

TPLS

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“…CMC as the combination of written and spoken medium, drove Murray (2002) to assert that CMC has linguistic features of both spoken and written languages. Leech, Deuchar and Hoogenraad (2006) add electronic communication using internet or in other words CMC is a fascinating merger of these both modes. states that grammar in computer meditated communication (CMC) differs that electronic language, as a new and still evolving phenomenon, has not yet had time (nor attained the requisite social status) to become formalized in "rules;" rather, it exhibits patterns that vary according to technological and situational contexts.…”

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The Reduction and Simplification of English Grammar during Computer Mediated Communication in Pakistani Context

Moghees¹,

Dar²,

Zaid³

et al. 2017

LLR

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“…According to Quirk and Stein (1990), the learning of grammar in English is a complicated process for a learner of second language because in this process learners have to understand several grammar systems, whereas Greenbaum (1991) saw it as a set of rules that allows the combination of our language words into larger units. On the other hand, Leech, Deuchar and Hoogenraad (1982) believe that grammar is a mechanism in which language works for communicating with other people. They also believe that this mechanism is a set of rules that enables people to put words together in certain ways.…”

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A Corpus-Based Study of Malaysian ESL Learners’ Use of Modals in Argumentative Compositions

Kader¹,

Begi²,

Vaseghi³

2013

ELT

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This study attempts to examine the use of English modals in terms of their frequency and functions. For this purpose, Form 4 and College students' argumentative compositions were extracted from the Malaysian Corpus of Students' Argumentative Writing (MCSAW). In order to analyze the data, this study employed discourse analysis and some descriptive statistics by using the WordSmith Tools Version 4.0. The findings of the study showed that Form 4 and College students used can and will more frequently in argumentative compositions compared to other modals. Moreover, the result illustrated the exploitation of present tense form of modal than the past tense form. Finally, it was also revealed that the modals of ability were the most frequent modals found in Form 4 and College students' compositions in terms of their appropriate function. In order to improve the teaching, learning and effective usage of modal auxiliaries among ESL learners, all the central modals must be emphasized repetitively to enhance students' understanding of modals and their functions.

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English Grammar for Today: A New Introduction

Cited by 21 publications

References 2 publications

An Analysis of Student’s Ability in Writing at Riau University Pekanbaru - Indonesia

An Analysis of Student’s Ability in Writing at Riau University Pekanbaru - Indonesia

The Reduction and Simplification of English Grammar during Computer Mediated Communication in Pakistani Context

A Corpus-Based Study of Malaysian ESL Learners’ Use of Modals in Argumentative Compositions

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