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Publication Date: 2006-Feb-21
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Introductions in Examination Essays: The Case of Two Undergraduate Courses
Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald
Across the Disciplines, v3 Feb 2006
The author presents a study that employs a modified version of Swales' (1990) move analysis to investigates the generic structure of introductions in a total of 120 writing samples of Ghanaian undergraduates in English and Sociology. The study reveals differences between the two groups in their use of move-structures.
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Undergraduate Students, Sociology, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Text Structure, Academic Discourse, English, English (Second Language), Departments, English for Academic Purposes, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines, Content Area Writing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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