Genre Feature and Language Competence in Written Arguments of Korean EFL Learners
- 주제(키워드) argumentative writing
- 발행기관 고려대학교 대학원
- 지도교수 강유선
- 발행년도 2012
- 학위수여년월 2012. 8
- 학위구분 석사
- 학과 일반대학원 영어교육학과
- 원문페이지 79 p
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/korea/000000034604
- 본문언어 영어
- 제출원본 000045720903
초록/요약
This study analyzes argumentative writing produced by two groups of Korean EFL high school learners, to examine how two aspects, argument genre feature and language competence, are reflected in their writing and to compare them according to students' English proficiencies. Also, the relationship between two aspects was investigated to find which language competence measure explains the writing's argument genre feature. Argument genre feature was measured by the quality of claim, data, and warrants of their argumentative writing. Language competence was evaluated by how the language exploited in writing is complex lexically, semantically, and syntactically. Sixty-one high school students participated in this research. Argumentative writings were collected from each group of students and analyzed by argument genre feature and three measures of language competence. Results showed that advanced students' written arguments contain more quality argument genre feature and more complex language than do intermediate students'. Moreover, among three language competence measures, only syntactic complexity of the writing accounted for the argument genre feature, the quality of argument. Interpretation of the results and pedagogic implications are discussed.
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I. Introduction 1
II. Literature Review 7
A. Genre Feature 7
1. Genre Feature in Rhetoric. 7
2. Genre Features in Argument ？ Toulmin？s Model. 9
B. Language Competence 14
1. Lexical Complexity. 17
2. Semantic Complexity. 18
3. Syntactic Complexity. 21
C. Purpose of the Study 23
D. Research Questions 25
III. Method 26
A. Participants 26
B. Procedure 26
C. Measures 27
1. Argument Genre Feature. 28
2. Language Competence. 31
D. Data Analysis and Coding 33
E. Reliability of Coding 34
IV. Results 35
A. Argument Genre Feature 38
B. Language Competence 39
1. Lexical Complexity. 39
2. Semantic Complexity. 41
3. Syntactic Complexity. 43
C. Language Competence Predicting Genre Feature 44
V. Discussion and Conclusion 47
References 58
Appendix A 70
Appendix B 72
Abstract 73
