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GENRE-BASED METADISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN TWO ESP TEXTBOOK
GENRE-BASED METADISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN TWO ESP TEXTBOOK

Author(s): Vesna Ž. Bogdanović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: genre; genre-based instructions; textbook; metadiscourse; ESP

Summary/Abstract: English for Specific Purposes (ESP) provides a number of teaching approaches utilizing textbooks and other teaching material to enhance students’ learning outcomes. Genre-based instructions are an innovative approach that can further develop students’ writing skills and introduce them to a precise and systematic method of reading and writing genre-specific texts. This paper uses metadiscourse markers as a genre property for genre-based instructions. Texts in textbooks are separated by genre, and metadiscourse markers are quantitatively analyzed as genre properties. The aim of the paper is to examine whether metadiscourse can be a segment in genre-based instructions (GBI) as a teaching method and whether the listing of metadiscourse types according to text genre can be considered as a basis for ESP classes.

  • Issue Year: 12/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 115-124
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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