Theme and Thematic Progression in Chinese College Students' English Essays
Theme and Thematic Progression in Chinese College Students' English Essays
Springer | Linguistics | January 18, 2016 | ISBN-10: 9811002533 | 191 pages | pdf | 3.3 mb
Springer | Linguistics | January 18, 2016 | ISBN-10: 9811002533 | 191 pages | pdf | 3.3 mb
by Jing Wei (Author)
An original study on how Chinese English learners use Theme and thematic progression in their English essays The first book of its kind to investigate how instruction affects the way Chinese English learners use Theme and thematic progression Detailed lesson plans for teaching Theme and thematic progression to English learners, together with a dedicated Teacher’s Guide section
From the Back Cover
This book focuses on how instruction affects English learners’ use of Theme and thematic progression (thematic organization). While thematic organization in learner English has been extensively studied, little research has been done to investigate the effects of instruction on the use of Theme and thematic progression. Adopting a Systemic Functional Grammar approach, this study explores how a ten-week instruction on thematic organization affects Chinese college students’ use of Theme and thematic progression by comparing their English essays before and after the instruction, with native-speaker essays as the research baseline. Second-language acquisition researchers, curriculum developers and foreign language teachers will find this book useful as it not only presents a clear and detailed report of how Chinese college students learn to make better thematic choices, but also provides a well-developed instructional package on Theme and thematic progression.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
10 illus., 16 in colour
Topics
Applied Linguistics
Language Education
Languages and Literature
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