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The Asian ESP Journal

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Situated in the Chinese EFL context, this study was conducted to explore the developmental trajectories of the lexical verbs employed in academic writing of three Chinese novice science researchers. Three corpora were used to keep track of the use of lexical verbs over time in terms of the richness in variation and sophistication. Semi-structured interviews were used to interpret the trajectories by examining the participants’ vocabulary learning experiences within the sociocultural context.
The findings indicate that the trajectories of verb variation and sophistication differed. The trajectories of the verb sophistication exhibited irregular or consistent downturns; in contrast, improvements in variation were perceived. The negative relationship between these two indices suggests that development in one aspect of lexical richness does not necessarily result in any obvious improvement in the other aspect. The analysis of the interview data revealed that there is a complex interplay between vocabulary learning approaches, contextual influences and the development of lexical verbs in academic writing practices.
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Pedagogical implications are suggested for teachers of academic writing courses. Strategies are recommended for consciously raising novice researchers’ awareness of lexical choices to cope with challenges arising from disciplinary discourse community, as well as for incorporating corpus-based learning. Finally, the limitations and directions for future research are discussed.

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420 ROG t

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Australia : ELE Publishing., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

184 hlm.;20cm

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English

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2206-0979

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420

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vol.11 issue 1

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