{"product_id":"coherence-and-cohesion-von-hisham-monassar","title":"Coherence and Cohesion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis dissertation investigates the expression of  contrastive transitions in the ESL\/EFL (English as a  Second Language\/English as a Foreign Language)  writing of university students of Arabic language  background. For this purpose, an experimental group  of 30 freshmen at Sohar University in Oman whose  native language is Arabic served as the experimental  group. They did three tasks, two writing activities  and a cloze test, ranging from semi controlled (free  writing) to the highly controlled cloze test. A  control group of 30 Ball State University freshmen  in Muncie, Indiana who speak English as a native  language performed the same three tasks. This study indicates that the Arabic ESL\/EFL  students use contrastive transitions when writing  contrastively in English. However, the expression of  these contrastive transitions is relatively  inadequate and limited compared to that of their  native-English speaking peers. The Arabic students  show a high rate of success in their expression  of \"but\". However, they show a lower rate of success  and confidence in their expression and  appropriateness of other contrastive transitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838381657\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContrastive Transitions in the EFL\/ESL Writing of University Arab Students\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838381657","offer_id":39498911711325,"sku":"9783838381657","price":79.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/5c6f069f-1a9a-473d-bdd4-4b7dd4d32b14.jpg?v=1775713732","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/coherence-and-cohesion-von-hisham-monassar","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}