Metadiscourse in persuasive essays by elementary students in South Korea and the US

This study investigated metadiscourse in the persuasive essays of fourth graders from both urban and rural communities: 224 students in South Korea and 188 in the US. Each student was asked to write a persuasive essay in his or her native Korean or English in response to a story not previously read...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim Il-Hee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Language and Cultural Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0020