Summary writing in a Thai EFL university context
Previous research has shown that L2 writers experience difficulty writing summaries of texts in ways that avoid direct copying or superficial modifications to source text sentences, but fewer studies have explored whether summary writing instruction leads to improved textual appropriation. The curre...
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th-cmuir.6653943832-531762018-09-04T10:02:41Z Summary writing in a Thai EFL university context Kim McDonough William J. Crawford Jindarat De Vleeschauwer Arts and Humanities Social Sciences Previous research has shown that L2 writers experience difficulty writing summaries of texts in ways that avoid direct copying or superficial modifications to source text sentences, but fewer studies have explored whether summary writing instruction leads to improved textual appropriation. The current study analyzes three summary paragraphs written by Thai EFL university students ( N= 46) during a 17-week EFL writing class that included explicit instruction in paragraph writing and paraphrasing strategies. Their texts were analyzed in terms of the rhetorical organization of a summary paragraph and the incorporation of source text information. The findings revealed a significant increase in the number of students who explicitly referenced the source texts, along with significant changes in the occurrence of copied and modified word strings. Considerations for the use of summary writing in EFL settings are discussed. © 2014 Elsevier Inc. 2018-09-04T09:44:38Z 2018-09-04T09:44:38Z 2014-01-01 Journal 10603743 2-s2.0-84897378710 10.1016/j.jslw.2014.03.001 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84897378710&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/53176 |
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Previous research has shown that L2 writers experience difficulty writing summaries of texts in ways that avoid direct copying or superficial modifications to source text sentences, but fewer studies have explored whether summary writing instruction leads to improved textual appropriation. The current study analyzes three summary paragraphs written by Thai EFL university students ( N= 46) during a 17-week EFL writing class that included explicit instruction in paragraph writing and paraphrasing strategies. Their texts were analyzed in terms of the rhetorical organization of a summary paragraph and the incorporation of source text information. The findings revealed a significant increase in the number of students who explicitly referenced the source texts, along with significant changes in the occurrence of copied and modified word strings. Considerations for the use of summary writing in EFL settings are discussed. © 2014 Elsevier Inc. |
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