The Linguistic Development of Students of English as a Second Language in Two Written Genres
The Linguistic Development of Students of English as a Second Language in Two Written Genres
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DOI：
10.1002/tesq.296
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Polio, Charlene
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作者：
Yoon, Hyung-Jo;Polio, Charlene
这项研究考察了37名英语作为第二语言(ESL)学生在为期4个月的学期中所写的记叙文和议论文。分析了散文随时间的发展和体裁差异。这项研究的目的是在概念上复制先前关于体裁差异的研究(例如Lu，2011)和关于句法复杂性、准确性、词汇复杂性和流利性方面的短期语言发展的研究(例如Connor-Linton&Polio，)。此外，作者想要调查母语为英语的人是否表现出类似的体裁差异，以确定ESL学生的体裁差异是发展的还是与体裁之间的功能差异有关。结果表明，在语言复杂性方面，语类差异很大。随着时间的推移，大多数衡量标准的变化有限，在准确性领域也明显缺乏发展。来自母语人士的平行数据显示，在一些衡量标准上存在体裁差异，但不是很多。虽然这项研究是出于研究设计的考虑，但它对理论(例如，体裁差异的来源)和教育学也有影响。
This study examined narrative and argumentative essays written over the course of a 4-month semester by 37 students of English as a second language (ESL). The essays were analyzed for development over time and for genre differences. The goal of the study was to conceptually replicate previous studies on genre differences (e.g., Lu, 2011) and on short-term linguistic development in the areas of syntactic complexity, accuracy, lexical complexity, and fluency (e.g., Connor-Linton & Polio, ). In addition, the authors wanted to investigate whether native speakers exhibited similar genre differences in order to determine if the ESL students' genre variations were developmental or related to functional differences between the genres. The results indicate strong genre differences in the area of linguistic complexity. There were limited changes over time on most measures and a notable lack of development in the area of accuracy. Parallel data from native speakers show genre variation on some but not as many of the measures. Although this study was motivated by research design concerns, it also has implications for theory (e.g., the source of genre differences) and pedagogy.