Transition markers in Qatari university students' argumentative writing: A cross-linguistic analysis of L1 Arabic and L2 English

Ahmed, Abdelhamid; Zhang, Xiao; Rezk, Lameya M.; Pearson, William S.

doi:10.1016/j.amper.2023.100110

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“…Writing is one of the productive skills that are closely related to work receptive skills. (Abdelhamid M. Ahmed, Xiao Zhang and et all, 2023) In contrast, higherproficiency writers tended to use more complex and subtler means to indicate textual transitions. More detailed mastery and understanding should be possessed by students majoring in English, especially those who need to learn to write to prepare for their final academic assignment, thesis writing.…”

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Generative Learning Strategy is a Solution for Teaching Writing Skill

Susanto

2023

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The purpose of this research was to determine the implementation of the Generative Learning strategy model as a solution for teaching text writing skills in English and to develop meaning construction, associations between stimulus and knowledge, beliefs and experiences in the new normal in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research discussedd the application of the Generative Learning Strategy Model which also aims to improve the ability to write texts for second semester students of the 2021/2022 academic year. This research was classroom action research that used 2 cycles. The research subjects consisted of 35 students, 25 female students and 10 male students. The instruments were developed by valid questionaires with significan 0,000 < 0,005 and reliability ststistic at the cronbach’s Alpha 0,782 > 0,73 so the data were realiable. For supporting these data, this reaserach also used observation sheets, interviews and documentations. This research was carried out in two cycles which included planning, action, observation and reflection. Based on the written test, there was a better improvement from pre-assessment 68.60, cycle I 72.60 increased to 79.92 cycle II. The increase obtained from testing is 4.54 points. This shows that the Generative Learning Model strategy can improve the ability to write texts.

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Generative Learning Strategy is a Solution for Teaching Writing Skill

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2023

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“…The relationship between voice markers and the quality of L2 English writing is explored in empirical studies inspired by the increasing research on L2 voice markers. There has been increasing research on L2 voice markers and the use of corpora to determine the linguistic and rhetorical markers L2 learners might incorporate into their writing (Ahmed et al, 2023;Myhill et al, 2023;Appel and Szeib, 2018;Granger, 2015;Gong and Barlow, 2022;Hinkel, 2002;Hyland, 2001). This research inspired empirical research on the relationship between using voice markers and the quality of L2 English writing.…”

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Students’ Voice in L2 English Writing: A Systematic Review of Literature

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2022

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Building an Annotated L1 Arabic/L2 English Bilingual Writer Corpus: The Qatari Corpus of Argumentative Writing (QCAW)

Ahmed,

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Rezk

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The study presents the creation of the Qatari Corpus of Argumentative Writing (QCAW) as an annotated L1 Arabic and L2 English bilingual writer corpus. It comprises 200,000 tokens of argumentative writing by Qatari university students in L1 Arabic and L2 English. The corpus includes 195 essays written by 195 students, 159 females and 36 males. The students were native Arabic speakers proficient in English as a second language. The corpus is divided into Arabic and English sections, accompanied by part-of-speech annotated files in UTF-8 encoded text format. Metadata in CSV format contains information about the students (gender, major, first and second languages) and the essays (text serial numbers, word limits, genre, writing date, time spent, and location). The current study outlines the steps for collecting and analysing the corpus, including details on essay writers, topic selection, pre-analysis text modifications, proficiency level, gender, and major ratings. Statistical analyses were applied to examine the corpus. The QCAW offers a valuable bilingual data source authored by the same students in Arabic and English, with implications for further research.

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Transition markers in Qatari university students' argumentative writing: A cross-linguistic analysis of L1 Arabic and L2 English

Cited by 3 publications

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Generative Learning Strategy is a Solution for Teaching Writing Skill

Generative Learning Strategy is a Solution for Teaching Writing Skill

Students’ Voice in L2 English Writing: A Systematic Review of Literature

Building an Annotated L1 Arabic/L2 English Bilingual Writer Corpus: The Qatari Corpus of Argumentative Writing (QCAW)

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