The challenges of getting L2 learners to use academic words in their writings

• Main Author: Nadarajan, Shanthi
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching 2011
• Subjects: AC Collections. Series. Collected works; LB Theory and practice of education; P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1075/1/The%2Bchallenges%2Bof%2Bgetting%2BL2%2Blearners%2Bto%2Buse%2Bacademic%2Bwords%2Bin%2Btheir%2Bwritings%252824%2529.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1075/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

To understand how instruction influences L2 learners to attend to academic words during writing, it is useful to look at evaluation practices, instructional approach and learner ability over time. This paper explores the relationship between academic word use and holistic scores of L2 learners’ es...