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Cohesive Devices and Discourse Competence.

Peer reviewed

Ehrlich, Susan – World Englishes, 1988

Examines the development of cohesive discourse among second language learners in light of native speaker discourse norms. Previous studies of cohesion in second language acquisition have failed to consider restrictions on the distribution of cohesive devices in English. Two of these restrictions are discussed. (Author/DJD)

Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Communicative Competence (Languages), Connected Discourse

The Effect of Discourse Structuring Devices on Listener Perceptions of Coherence in Non-native University Teacher's Spoken Discourse.

Peer reviewed

Tyler, Andrea; And Others – World Englishes, 1988

A discourse analysis of videotaped teaching demonstrations by 18 Korean and Chinese teaching assistants reveals these non-native speakers of English lack the mastery of those cues, such as prosody and topicalization, that allow native speaker/listeners to perceive intended relationships among the ideas presented. (DJD)

Descriptors: College Instruction, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)