First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions

The present article investigates the use of first year university students’ formulaic sequences in written and oral texts in an English as a foreign language context. The corpus of the study consists of eight descriptive texts—four written and four oral—which were composed of four students of Englis...

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Main Author: Eric Gómez Burgos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2015-01-01
Series:Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/43438/49751
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description The present article investigates the use of first year university students’ formulaic sequences in written and oral texts in an English as a foreign language context. The corpus of the study consists of eight descriptive texts—four written and four oral—which were composed of four students of English Pedagogy at a university in Santiago, Chile. The investigation is a case study where the corpora were analysed qualitatively. The results show that first-year students use similar formulaic sequences in written and oral texts and many of the expressions generally used in spoken discourse are used by students in written texts.
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spelling doaj.art-5830b83ffca34edcb0f0f6d95fe363c32023-09-02T15:36:37ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902015-01-011712533http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v17n1.43438First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written DescriptionsEric Gómez Burgos0Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, ChileThe present article investigates the use of first year university students’ formulaic sequences in written and oral texts in an English as a foreign language context. The corpus of the study consists of eight descriptive texts—four written and four oral—which were composed of four students of English Pedagogy at a university in Santiago, Chile. The investigation is a case study where the corpora were analysed qualitatively. The results show that first-year students use similar formulaic sequences in written and oral texts and many of the expressions generally used in spoken discourse are used by students in written texts.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/43438/49751Formulaic sequenceslexical bundlesoral and written discoursepre-fabricated chunks
spellingShingle Eric Gómez Burgos
First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions
Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
Formulaic sequences
lexical bundles
oral and written discourse
pre-fabricated chunks
title First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions
title_full First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions
title_fullStr First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions
title_full_unstemmed First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions
title_short First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions
title_sort first year university students use of formulaic sequences in oral and written descriptions
topic Formulaic sequences
lexical bundles
oral and written discourse
pre-fabricated chunks
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/43438/49751
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