Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance

Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance

This study analyses the effect the teaching of discourse markers has on ESP learners' reading comprehension. Following a relevance-theoretic approach, we con- sider discourse markers as signals the speaker/writer uses to guide cooperatively his hearer's/reader's interpretative proces...

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Main Author: Ana Cristina Lahuerta Martínez
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2015-04-01
Series:Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
Subjects:
lin
Online Access:https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/160
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spelling doaj-a218d245a5c8405ba2b8ba539c8e281d2020-11-25T03:52:32ZdeuUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaRevista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos1133-11272340-85612015-04-0112Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension PerformanceAna Cristina Lahuerta Martínez0Universidad de Oviedo This study analyses the effect the teaching of discourse markers has on ESP learners' reading comprehension. Following a relevance-theoretic approach, we con- sider discourse markers as signals the speaker/writer uses to guide cooperatively his hearer's/reader's interpretative process. Therefore, they play a facilitating role. Our study intends to show that training learners in the recognition and use of DMs will improve their reading comprehension. We conclude that this instruction has a positive effect on the reading comprehension of learners of English for specific purposes. https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/160lin
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Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance
Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
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author_facet Ana Cristina Lahuerta Martínez
author_sort Ana Cristina Lahuerta Martínez
title Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance
title_short Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance
title_full Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance
title_fullStr Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching Discourse Markers to ESP Learners and Their Reading Comprehension Performance
title_sort analysis of the relationship between teaching discourse markers to esp learners and their reading comprehension performance
publisher Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
series Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
issn 1133-1127
2340-8561
publishDate 2015-04-01
description This study analyses the effect the teaching of discourse markers has on ESP learners' reading comprehension. Following a relevance-theoretic approach, we con- sider discourse markers as signals the speaker/writer uses to guide cooperatively his hearer's/reader's interpretative process. Therefore, they play a facilitating role. Our study intends to show that training learners in the recognition and use of DMs will improve their reading comprehension. We conclude that this instruction has a positive effect on the reading comprehension of learners of English for specific purposes.
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url https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/160
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