Reworking the appraisal framework in ESL research: refining attitude resources

Abstract

The Appraisal framework within Systemic Functional Linguistics as a robust tool in language teaching and research has attracted a great deal of interest in recent years. Since its establishment as the most complete account, the framework has been used in a variety of contexts, resulting in a number of refinements, tuning its applicability for specific research purposes such as studies of the evaluative language in research article abstracts, biology experiment reports, wine appreciation and student narrative writing. This article proposes additional refinements, particularly to the system of Attitude, informed by research into the deployment of evaluative resources in spoken discourse by postgraduate students in small group discussions in English and in Vietnamese. The refinements were required to account for the range of evaluative language used in discussions of topics including personal experiences of living and studying in Australia, academic experiences at Australian universities, and opinion about one's professional standing. These refinements contribute to the ongoing development of the Appraisal framework and provide a resource for enhancing the effectiveness of expressions of evaluative stance for speakers of English as a second or additional language.

Affect in Expressive Speech Acts by the Judges of the Voice Uk Versus the Voice Vietnam

“…The un/happiness variable covers emotions concerned with 'affairs of the heart' -sadness, hate, happiness and love; the in/security variable covers feelings concerned with ecosocial well-being -anxiety, fear, confidence, and trust; the dis/satisfaction variable includes emotions related to telos (the pursuit of goals) -ennui, displeasure, curiosity, respect. (Martin & White, 2005, p. 49) After years of development, to be more reasonable and comprehensive, the Affect system has gone through modifications put forward by researchers in the field, especially those by Ngo and Unsworth (2015). The adjustments to the Affect system are illustrated in Figure 1.…”

“…The adjustments to the Affect system are illustrated in Figure 1. Table 2 illustrates the types and sub-types of the Affect system basing on Martin and White (2005) and being refined by Ngo and Unsworth (2015), with examples accompanied. Table 2.…”

“…The system of Affect (Martin & White, 2005, pp. 48-51) and (Ngo & Unsworth, 2015) As previously mentioned, the Affect value can be classified into Authorial and Non-Authorial. Through Authorial Affect, "the speaker/writer strongly foregrounds his/her subjective presence in the communicative process" (White, 2015b).…”

Análisis discursivo de Orientaciones para la Inclusión de las Personas LGBTI en el Sistema Educativo

“…La LSF es un cuerpo teórico y metodológico que constituye una herramienta relevante y productiva para los ECD. La relevancia y productividad de la teoría radica en su modo de abordaje de los contextos donde los discursos emergen, los sistemas semióticos que estos discursos constituyen, y la función social de los mismos (Halliday, 1994;Halliday & Matthiessen 2014;Ngo & Unsworth, 2015;Oteíza, 2017).…”

“…El análisis de la actitud debe estar siempre vinculado a su situación contextual y debe ser siempre prosódico, es decir, deben considerarse los patrones que se expresan en un texto. Sumado a esto, es necesario tener en cuenta que las valoraciones pueden ser inscritas (explicitas) o evocadas (implícitas) (Martin & White, 2005;Ngo & Unsworth, 2015;Oteíza, 2017).…”