Research Design
This chapter describes the main aspects of methodology for the current study. Section 4.1 presents a description of the participants and the educational context, including the background of the participants and the university where the participants were f
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Theme and Thematic Progression in Chinese College Students’ English Essays
Theme and Thematic Progression in Chinese College Students’ English Essays
Jing Wei
Theme and Thematic Progression in Chinese College Students’ English Essays
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Jing Wei Southwest University Chongqing China
This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant number: SWU1509305). ISBN 978-981-10-0253-3 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0254-0
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To my husband, Yufei, from whom I learned love and faith
Foreword
In systemic functional linguistics (e.g., Halliday 2014: 88), the clause is envisaged textually as having the character of a message, or quantum of information in the flow of discourse: It takes on some form of structure so that it fits in with, and contributes to, the flow of discourse. The structure that carries this line of meaning is known as thematic structure. Thematic structure is a major aspect of how speakers and writers organize their messages in a way which makes them integrate into the unfolding text smoothly. It makes a significant contribution to the coherence of a text, i.e., the connections that listeners or readers perceive in a written or oral text. The book Theme and Thematic Progression in Chinese College Students’ English Essays explores how Chinese college students organize their messages with thematic choices and thematic progression. It examines how Chinese college students use Themes and thematic progression in their English essays with great detail in comparison with native speaker essays. It also investigates how instruction affects Chinese college students’ use of Theme and thematic progression by comp
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