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An Analysis: The Usage of Metadiscourse in Argumentative Writing by Malaysian Tertiary Level of Students

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  • Nor Hafizah Anwardeen
  • Eunice Ong Luyee
  • Joanna Indra Gabriel
  • Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi

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This paper analyzes the results of a corpus-based study on the usage of metadiscourse in argumentative writing by Malaysian college students. The aims of the study is to examine the frequency and distribution of metadiscourse used by the particular students in argumentative writing as well as to analyze the errors that made by the particular students in using metadiscourse. The finding shows that Malaysian college students are more inclined to using textual metadiscourse instead of interpersonal metadiscourse. Besides, the selected students are using less code glosses and stance indicator in their argumentative writing. In addition, Malaysian college students committed quite a number of errors in using metadiscourse and practices are needed to train them in using metadiscourse correctly. These findings are useful for Malaysian tertiary level of educators or teachers as they help the educators to figure out the weaknesses of students in using metadiscourse.

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  • Nor Hafizah Anwardeen & Eunice Ong Luyee & Joanna Indra Gabriel & Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi, 2013. "An Analysis: The Usage of Metadiscourse in Argumentative Writing by Malaysian Tertiary Level of Students," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 6(9), pages 1-83, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:6:y:2013:i:9:p:83
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    Cited by:

    1. Tarek Assassi & Kenza Merghmi, 2023. "Formulaic Sequences and Meta-Discourse Markers in Applied Linguistics Research Papers. A cross-linguistic corpus-based analysis of native and non-native authors’ published articles," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 27, pages 154-175, January.
    2. Helen Tan & Wong Bee Eng, 2014. "Metadiscourse Use in the Persuasive Writing of Malaysian Undergraduate Students," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 7(7), pages 1-26, July.

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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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