L2 Learners’ Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Online Discussion Forums

This study aimed to investigate the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in 168 comments made by 28 university students of engineering via an educational forum held as part of a general English course. The students wrote their comments on six topics, with a total of 19,671 words. Their comment...

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Main Authors: zis tajeddin, minoo alemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2012-06-01
Series:Issues in Language Teaching
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Online Access:https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_116_99d46e550f0e24fd572de0f41b563079.pdf