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What Develops in the Development of Second-Language Writing?

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Shaw, Philip; Liu, Eric Ting-Kun – Applied Linguistics, 1998

This study investigated register features of 164 foreign students' English writing before and after full-time courses in English for academic purposes. Results indicate the major changes were from features of spoken English to those more typical of formal writing, both in surface detail and in more fundamental characteristics. Less change occurred…

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes