A Survey on the Use of Causal Discourse Markers among Chinese English Majors  

Oleh:

Zhang, Yafei ; He, Huaqing

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of English Linguistics vol. 5 no. 5 (Oct. 2015), page 126-135.
Topik: causal discourse markers; English majors; oral and written English; questionnaire
Fulltext: 53702-184980-1-SM.pdf (208.73KB)

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Chinese English Majors mainly write argumentative compositions which itself is a kind of causal relations. Thereby, causal discourse markers, as one of the Discourse Markers can be employed in their argumentations to tighten the coherence and logical relations. Based on the results of other scholars’ previous research, this thesis applies questionnaires to investigate the reasons of using causal discourse markers in English majors’ oral and written English. According to the analysis of questionnaires, the reasons that caused English majors using of causal discourse markers are as follows: 1) lack of stylistic awareness; 2) intentionally avoiding making mistakes; 3) time factor (timed); 4) negative L1 transfer; 5) teachers’ influence. The results generated from the data analysis and discussions have also provided some pedagogical implications.

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