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Download full textNujood Al-Reshaid; Ahmad I. Alhojailan – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Academic writing in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) poses challenges for graduate students, particularly in achieving coherence and organization. Thematic choices play a crucial role in guiding readers and ensuring textual cohesion. While Theme selection has been explored in various contexts, little research has examined…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Literary Genres, Writing Strategies, Semantics
Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2016
This study examines links between essay quality and text elaboration and text cohesion. For this study, 35 students wrote two essays (on two different prompts) and for each, were given 15 minutes to elaborate on their original text. An expert in discourse comprehension then modified the original and elaborated essays to increase cohesion,…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Assignments, Writing Skills, Connected Discourse
