Moves and Wrap-Up Sentences in Chinese Students’ Essay Conclusions

Whether L1 (first language) rhetorical transfer affects L2 (second language) writing remains a controversial issue. Based on Hyland’s move theory, this article focuses on the moves and the quality of wrap-up sentences in essay conclusions, exploring the impact of L1 rhetorical transfer. One hundred...

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Main Author: Donghong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-06-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015592681