Author : Xinghua Liu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811064156
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Attitudinal Evaluation in Chinese University Students’ English Writing by : Xinghua Liu
Download or read book Attitudinal Evaluation in Chinese University Students’ English Writing written by Xinghua Liu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers up-to-date insights into the long-standing controversy of whether or not Chinese learners of English adequately express their attitudes in written English. It compares four writing datasets from three groups of student writers (e.g., English-speaking students’ English texts, Chinese-speaking students’ Chinese texts, and both English and Chinese texts produced by the same group of Chinese-speaking students majoring in English), and applies the appraisal framework, an analytical tool developed in the field of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The book provides a nuanced view of the deployment of attitudinal patterns and the linguistic resources used for attitudinal evaluation in Chinese students’ English writing. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for all those interested in second language writing, contrastive rhetoric, second language acquisition and systemic functional linguistics.