Cohesive ties in the expository writing of adult Korean ESL subjects and native speakers of English

This study examined the occurrence of cohesive ties as defined by Halliday and Hasan (1976) in the expository prose of university-level Korean ESL subjects and native English speakers. Twenty-five essays were collected from each language group and analyzed for cohesive ties using Halliday and Hasan's categorization of cohesive devices. The results of the cohesive tie analysis for the two language groups were then compared using two-way analyses of variance. Correlation tests were also conducted which compared the Korean subjects' cohesive tie counts and their combined scores on the structure and cloze sections of the English Placement Test given at the University of Illinois. The results of these comparisons and correlations arc presented, and implications for future research and the teaching of English as a Second Language are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Teaching English as a Second Language

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

1990

Author dc:creator

• Leimkuhler, Margaret Rose

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cruickshank, Don
• Mack, Molly
• Markee, Numa

• Teaching English as Second Language
• Cohesive ties
• Two-way analyses of variance

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright owned by the author.

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/125901

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/125901