After instruction, the experimental group used more temporal conjunctive adjuncts and fewer additive and adversative conjunctive adjuncts¶
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q2 i? CE post-writing used more temporal conjunctive adjuncts (38% vs. 35%) and other conjunctive adjuncts (26% vs. 22%), and less additive (7% vs. 12%) or adversative (26% vs. 16%) ones. → Wei 2016
Evidence¶
Wei 2016¶
Wei, J. (2016). Effects of Instruction on Chinese College Students’ Thematic Choice in Academic Writing. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(14). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1102949
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Raw numbers and proportions of conjunctive adjunct subtypes (temporal, additive, adversative, other) in CE and CC pre- and post-writing, presented in Table 7. The quoted sentence reports the CE group's printed subtype proportions; the article separately reports CC's shifts toward more additive and other adjuncts.
"CE group used more conjunct ive adjuncts expressing temporal (38% vs. 35%) and other conjunctive adjuncts (26% vs. 22%), and less conjun ctive adjuncts for additive (7% vs. 12%) or adversa tive (26% vs. 16%) in post-writing than pre-writing."
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Related Claims¶
- After instruction, the experimental group used more conjunctions and fewer conjunctive adjuncts in Theme position, moving toward native-speaker-like patterns — related
- After instruction, the experimental group used fewer temporal and spatial marked Themes and more manner and cause marked Themes — related
- Instruction in thematic choice produced positive effects on Chinese college students' use of topical Themes, interpersonal Themes, unmarked Themes, and conjunctive adjuncts in academic English writing — a broader claim this one bears on
- After instruction, the experimental group used proportionally fewer mood-marking Themes and more modal adjuncts, and both groups used fewer interpersonal Themes overall — related
- After instruction, the experimental group used proportionally fewer marked Themes and more unmarked Themes, while the control group showed no change in marked/unmarked proportions — related
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