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An Analysis of Topical Structure in Argumentative Essays of EFL Learners

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dc.creator Genç, Bilal; İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
dc.creator Darmaz, Volkan; İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
dc.creator Ülkersoy, Namık; İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
dc.date 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-09T12:13:57Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-09T12:13:57Z
dc.identifier http://dergipark.org.tr/sduijes/issue/40850/479353
dc.identifier
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/48313
dc.description In teaching and learning foreign language teachersand learners aim to improve four skills to the extent which is considerednative-like or at least advanced. Quite naturally success in each skill is assessedbased on different parameters. This paper explores improvement in writingskills of English language learners through the examinations of compositionswritten in May of 2014 and 2017. Syntactic and lexical complexities alongsidewith topical structure analysis are used to discover the potential improvementbetween the two groups of papers written by 31 participants of the study. Thestatistical analyses revealed that there were statistically significantdifferences between the two performances of the participant students writingperformances in terms of lexical complexity and a remarkable though notsignificant improvement in their syntactic complexity.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Süleyman Demirel University
dc.publisher Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi
dc.relation http://dergipark.org.tr/download/article-file/590313
dc.source Volume: 5, Issue: 2 33-39 en-US
dc.source 2148-9068
dc.subject topical structure analysis,argumentative essay
dc.title An Analysis of Topical Structure in Argumentative Essays of EFL Learners en-US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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