ERIC Number: EJ1129205
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jul
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0215-773X
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The Influence of Students' L1 and Spoken English in English Writing: A Corpus-Based Research
Prihantoro
TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, v27 n2 p217-245 Jul 2016
Academic writing requires both style and grammatical correctness; however, efforts in improving the quality of English academic writing by non-native students have been focused on grammar. Structures observed in this study were grammatically correct, but considered unnatural in academic writing genre. This research involves a group of non-native English speaking students who were assigned to submit two different kinds of writing to an online repository: a research paper abstract and a free writing article. A survey to understand the sources of English exposure is also conducted. The objectives of this study are to describe unnatural sequences/Multi Words Units (MWUs) used by the students and to identify the motives of using such sequences. The tools for corpus processing used are "Unitex" and "Antconc." Corpus of Contemporary American English and British National Corpus are also used as reference corpora for English while the SEAlang Indonesian Corpus is used to validate the influence of first language (L1). The analysis of these sequences with comparison to reference corpora indicated the influence of spoken English and students' L1 (Indonesian). This corresponds to the results of the survey that most of the students are exposed to English mostly via spoken, and non-academic sources (songs, movies, social media, etc).
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics, North American English, Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition), Research Reports, Native Language, Oral Language, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Indonesian, Interference (Language), Questionnaires, Undergraduate Students, Computer Software, Statistical Analysis
Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia. TEFLIN Publication Division, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Tel: +62-341-570566; Fax: +62-341-567475; e-mail: journal@teflin.org; Web site: http://journal.teflin.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; Indonesia
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