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Theme and thematic progression in chinese college students' English essays

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Theme and thematic progression in chinese college students' English essays/ by Jing Wei.
Author:	Jing, Wei.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Singapore : : 2016.,
Description:	xv, 191 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Linguistics - China. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0254-0
ISBN:	9789811002540

Theme and thematic progression in chinese college students' English essays
Jing, Wei.

Theme and thematic progression in chinese college students' English essays[electronic resource] /by Jing Wei. - Singapore :Springer Singapore :2016. - xv, 191 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Foreword -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Literature review -- Chapter 3 Theoretical background -- Chapter 4 Research Design -- Chapter 5 Results and analysis of pre-essays -- Chapter 6 Results and analysis of post-essays -- Chapter 7 Results and analysis of pre- and post- essays -- Chapter 8 Results and analysis of the questionnaire -- Chapter 9 Discussion -- Chapter 10 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Plan for the interventional procedures -- Appendix 2: Questionnaire -- Appendix 3: Instructional package -- Appendix 4: Teachers' guide to the instruction -- Appendix 5: Consent form for the experimental group -- Appendix 6: Consent form for the control group -- Appendix 7: Consent form for the native speaker group.

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.

ISBN: 9789811002540

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-10-0254-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1104535
Linguistics
--China.

LC Class. No.: P126 / .J564 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 410.951

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