The Use of Modals in Malaysian ESL Learners’ Writing

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The Use of Modals in Malaysian ESL Learners’ Writing

This research investigated Malaysian ESL learners’ use of modals in two written tasks, which were obtained from the EMAS Corpus. The aim of the study was to investigate: (1) the distribution of modals used in the students’ writing, (2) the functions depicted by the modals used, (3) if the modals use...

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Main Author:	Abdul Manaf, Umi Kalthom
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	College students' writings, Malaysian (English) - Malaysia.
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5535/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5535/1/FPP_2007_26.pdf

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