Unguarded Patterns of Thinking: Physical and Topical Structure Analysis of Student Journals

Carreon, Maria Eda C.

doi:10.3860/taper.v15i2.85

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“…Interestingly, findings of the present study resonate with the findings of some studies (Liangprayoon, Chaya, & Thep-ackraphong, 2013;Alamaden 2006;Carreon, 2006;Simpson, 2000;Schneider & Connor, 1990;Connor & Farmer, 1990) where presence or use of topical progressions is highly evident in the students' writings.…”

Section: Topical Structure Analysissupporting

confidence: 89%

Topical Structure Analysis as an Assessment Tool in Student Academic Writing

Regala-Flores

Yin

2015

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In an attempt to establish the validity of Topical Structure Analysis (TSA) as an assessment tool in student academic writing, this study applies TSA in both high-and low-rated comparison-and-contrast essays. Following Simpson's (2000) model, the study consists of two parts. The first part quantitatively describes the physical structure of freshman college students ' high-and low-quality comparison-and-contrast

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Section: Topical Structure Analysissupporting

confidence: 89%

Topical Structure Analysis as an Assessment Tool in Student Academic Writing

Regala-Flores

Yin

2015

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“…The results of this study are in line with some previous studies (Barabas & Jumao-a, 2009;Carreon, 2006;Fan & Hsu, 2008;Schneider & Connor, 1990) which revealed that EFL students employed sequential progression the most in their essays. A plausible explanation for the highest number of sequential progression used is the text type or the rhetorical mode of the essay.…”

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“…6, No. 7;2013 At first, TSA was employed as an objective method to examine coherence and proportions of topical progression in students' texts (Almaden, 2006;Barabas & Jumao-a, 2009;Carreon, 2006;Lautamatti, 1987;Simpson, 2000;. More recently, it has been taught to students as a revision strategy to investigate their writing coherence (Cerniglia, et al, 1990;Chiu, 2004;Connor & Farmer, 1990;Fan & Hsu, 2008;Nunan, 1994;Sakontawut, 2003).…”

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The Effect of Topical Structure Analysis Instruction on University Students’ Writing Quality

Liangprayoon¹,

Chaya²,

Thep-ackraphong³

2013

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Coherence is considered one of the characteristics of effective writing. Topical structure analysis (TSA) has been taught to students as a revision strategy to raise their awareness of importance of textual coherence and helps them clearly understand its concept. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of TSA instruction in improving university students' writing quality and to explore the proportions of topical progression in essays written by high and low proficiency students. It also examined the opinions of the students on TSA instruction. The participants consisted of two groups of 20 third year students majoring English Education at Chiangrai Rajabhat University. Data were collected through the pretest and the posttest of essay writing, two selected essays of high and low proficiency students, a questionnaire and an interview. The results indicated that TSA instruction had a significantly positive effect on students' writing quality. More specifically, TSA instruction was more beneficial to the low proficiency students than the high proficiency ones. Further, both successful and less succesful students employed the sequential progression the most in the essays. The students had positive opinions on TSA instruction.

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“…Contrary to examining the thematic development in students' academic writings, a study by Carreon (2006) aimed at examining the topical development of students' personal journals. Carreon used TSA in investigating cohesion in 20 journals of two ESL composition classes.…”

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“…Furthermore, Carreon (2006) attributed her results of employing more sequential progressions to the journal type of writing where students are familiar and fully aware of their personal content they include in their writings, unlike the unfamiliar topics of academic writing. This enabled them to explore and elaborate on the subject well, which affirmed using different sequential topics.…”

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تحلیل البنیان الموضعی الداخلی للمقالات الجدلیة لدى طلبة الجامعات المصریة

شبانة¹

2016

حولیات کلیة الآداب جامعة عین شمس

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This study examines the topical structure analysis of 25 argumentative essays of first-year university students in Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). It specifically examines the internal coherence of the students' essays by examining the internal topical structure and its three basic elements which are parallel, sequential, and extended parallel progressions employed by the sample students. The repetition of keywords and phrases is investigated using Lautamatti's (1987) framework for the topical structure analysis (TSA). The findings of the study reveal that parallel progressions were the mostly employed with a percentage of 37.26%, followed by sequential progressions with a percentage of 35.62%, and extended parallel progressions with a percentage of 27.12% respectively. These findings suggest that students find difficulty in achieving coherence because of their poor lexical resources as L2 learners. It is recommended that instructors use the TSA as a strategy in teaching both intermediate and advanced academic courses. Consequently, the students' familiarity with the TSA would contribute to enhancing coherence in their essays.

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Unguarded Patterns of Thinking: Physical and Topical Structure Analysis of Student Journals

Abstract: Journals have been utilized in classrooms both

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Topical Structure Analysis as an Assessment Tool in Student Academic Writing

Topical Structure Analysis as an Assessment Tool in Student Academic Writing

The Effect of Topical Structure Analysis Instruction on University Students’ Writing Quality

تحلیل البنیان الموضعی الداخلی للمقالات الجدلیة لدى طلبة الجامعات المصریة

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