Jennifer Yusun Kang
Written narratives as an index of L2 competence in Korean EFL learners
Harvard University
study investigated linguistically determined korean discourse strategies establishing textual cohesion marking written register korean language may help explain differences native english speakers korean english learners written narratives english employed quantitative methods analysis explore use specific linguistic features written narratives participants korean adult efl english foreign language learners american native english speakers us findings show specifically korean linguistic strategies evident korean english learners english narrative discourse rather preferred discourse style target language example koreans writing english relied specifically korean linguistic strategies highly frequent use demonstrative references repetition however also observed korean english learners english stories tended diverge korean stories direction target language norms words koreans writing english show relative success approaching english native speaker norms narrative discourse dimensions reference including pronominal reference findings hold important implications l2 writing pedagogy l2 training discourse production