Cohesion in the Narrative Writing of Young EFL Learners
Correct and Incorrect Use of Local Cohesive Ties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20452005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pedro Antonio Férez Mora (0000-0002-7535-1687, Universidad de Murcia), Yvette Coyle (0000-0002-3961-6131, Universidad de Murcia), Juan Solís Becerra (0000-0002-9063-4116, Universidad de Murcia), Juan Antonio Solís Becerra |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 154-177 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Atlantis Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0210-6124 • E-ISSN: 1989-6840 |
| Publisher | AEDEAN (Asociacion Espanola de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.1.09 |
| OpenAlex | W3173881550 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This study examines the correct and incorrect use of local cohesive ties and local cohesion errors in the written narratives of eleven- to twelve-year-old Spanish learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at different proficiency levels. The study was carried out with pairs who collaboratively wrote a narrative text in response to a picture prompt. The young learners’ written texts were examined to identify their correct and incorrect use of four categories: lexical, referential, conjunctive and temporal cohesion. The results show that higher and lower proficiency learners are significantly different in their use of the causal conjunction because, personal pronouns and noun phrases containing possessive, definite, indefinite and zero determiners. The two groups also differ in their incorrect use of pronouns, simple verb forms and noun phrases containing definite, indefinite and zero determiners. Attention is drawn to the need to explore the diversity in young learners’ use of cohesion and some pedagogical implications are drawn
Lexical Diversity · Linguistics · Narrative · Noun · Noun phrase · Personal pronoun · Possessive · Simple past · Verb · Vocabulary · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |