A cross-cultural study of the use of metadiscourse markers in argumentative essays by Iranian and Chinese EFL students

Students from different cultures and first languages act differently in developing argumentative essays. This study aimed to compare the rhetorical models followed by the Iranian and Chinese EFL university students in writing argumentative essays. The research aimed to investigate the effect of firs...

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Main Authors: Seyyed Abdolmajid Tabatabaee Lotfi, Seyyed Amir Hossein Sarkeshikian, Elaheh Saleh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2019.1601540