GLEN'S ZONE_Research Writing

It discusses second language writing from a written discourse perspective and analyses the lack of coherence and unity often seen in learner compositions. To do so, a student composed text was chosen for analysis in order to identify its problems in relation to discourse such as cohesion, clause relations, textual patterns, genre, and reader expectations. The paper also considers the pedagogical implications and provides suggestions on the best ways to teach written discourse to the second language learner.

*For a detailed evaluation of this paper by the University of Birmingham, England, please click on evaluation above. Take note that the British system of percentage grades is different from the North American one. Therefore please refer to the letter grade(A) and not the percentage grade.


			Research Writing


			Research Paper[Tesol Paper #5 file] Evaluation[Poupore file]





			Above is a copy of my most highly graded research paper written at the MA level.




			It discusses second language writing from a written discourse perspective and analyses the lack of coherence and unity often seen in learner compositions. To do so, a student composed text was chosen for analysis in order to identify its problems in relation to discourse such as cohesion, clause relations, textual patterns, genre, and reader expectations. The paper also considers the pedagogical implications and provides suggestions on the best ways to teach written discourse to the second language learner. *For a detailed evaluation of this paper by the University of Birmingham, England, please click on evaluation above. Take note that the British system of percentage grades is different from the North American one. Therefore please refer to the letter grade(A) and not the percentage grade.