Investigating the clause complex
An analysis of exposition-type essays written by Secondary School Students in Singapore
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22299394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alvin Leong Ping (National Institute of Education, Hanyang Technological University, Singapore), Geok Wee Bee (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 149-150 |
| Pages | 47-76 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-0829 • E-ISSN: 1783-1490 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.2143/itl.150.0.2004372 |
| OpenAlex | W2295334079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
The situation in many composition classes in Singapore is characterized by scaffolding (Vygot-sky, 1962; Bruner, 1985), where students are given explicit guidance, particularly concerning the organizational structure of the essay. With scaffolding, there is a concern that the students will produce similarly-structured essays. How then does one differentiate a good essay from a less well-written one? Using Halliday's clause-complex framework (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2004), our analysis shows that while the better writers display a greater mastery of clause-complex structures, the weaker writers rely heavily on simplex constructions. In addition to scaffolding, we argue that the appropriate use of clause-complex structures should be incorporated as part of the writing lesson
Composition (language) · Dependent clause · Linguistics · Sociology · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |