Metadiscourse in the academic writing of local and international students at a university in Malaysia

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Metadiscourse in the academic writing of local and international students at a university in Malaysia

This study examines the use of metadiscourse markers among 50 Malaysian and 50 Arab Pre-University students. The findings of this study indicated that there was a significant difference in the use of metadiscourse markers between Malaysian and Arab Pre-University students {χ2 (1, n = 100) = 7.17,...

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Main Authors:	Zakaria, Muhamad Khairul, Abdul Malik, Faridah, Ab. Rashid, Radzuwan, Pilus, Zahariah, Zakaria, Nur Shahida
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Conscientia Beam 2018
Subjects:	PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70476/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70476/1/IJEP-2018-metadiscourse.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70476/7/70476_Metadiscourse%20in%20the%20academic%20writing_scopus.pdf

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