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Publication details [#61720]

Baker, Paul and Yu-Hua Chen. 2016. Investigating Criterial Discourse Features across Second Language Development: Lexical Bundles in Rated Learner Essays, CEFR B1, B2 and C1. Applied Linguistics 37 (6) : 849–880.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

evaluation | foreign language proficiency | L2-acquisition | lexicology | writing, L2-acquisition of

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

Criterial discourse traits in English L2 essays of L1 Chinese learners are explored via analysis of repeated word combinations, or lexical bundles, using a corpus-driven and expert-evaluated approach. Less skilled versus more skilled writing is closer to either oral language or to academic prose.