Explicit Instruction of Pragmatic Features: Its Impact on EFL Learners’ Knowledge of Hedging Devices in Academic Writing

Hedging academic claims has been recognized as one of integral pragmatic features of academic writing in which most EFL academic writers seem to face substantial problems. Explicit instruction has been proposed by some scholars as an effective approach to make EFL writers aware of the importance, di...

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Main Authors: Abdullah Sarani, Amrollah Talati-Baghsiahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2017-04-01
Series:Issues in Language Teaching
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Online Access:https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_8418_9d5424777cb10a92d15d08af667fbde6.pdf