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Conversation Analysis: Practices to Display Changes of Epistemic Stances between Teacher and Student in ESL Individual Writing Conference
This study intends to show the practices that ESL students deploy to display their epistemic stances during individual writing conferences. The practices investigated include competing for the floor, incorporating changes of voice quality with non-verbals, and providing information/clarification with more accurate terms. There is, in addition, a special case where students use clarification and slowed-down speech to make congruence with their pre-assumed lower epistemic status in this social context, and to align with the teacher’s lower epistemic stance. This study sheds light on the dynamic nature of epistemic stance regardless of the presupposed role in the social context and how students display their epistemic stances. It helps teachers gain better understandings on students’ intention and motivation, and enables teachers to better elicit contribution from students and to provide feedback. |
CorpusA corpus-based research, comparing GRE sample responses for Analytical Writing - Issue Section as a corpus, with the MICUSP corpus, a collection of grade-A graduate students' writings, to examine if the GRE writing section can predict the quality of writing in graduate school.
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Conceptual MetaphorUnder the scope of Cognitive Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, an analysis on the metaphor system MORALITY AS SPACE in English is carried on. For example, MORAL IS UP, manifested in "high-minded".
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Language AssessmentA series of language assessment material design, involving various aspects of language ability. The illustration is an example of listening comprehension item. I also designed an test for GRE writing and the corresponding scoring rubric (see attachment).
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Course DevelopmentAs a final project of Teaching ESL course, I designed a curriculum for teaching GRE writing course. Sample syllabus, tentative schedule, and lesson plans are attached.
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Teaching L2 WritingGenre analysis is one important aspect of writing itself, and teaching writing. The genre Statement of Purpose for graduate school application is analyzed in this project. Sample lesson plans of how to teach writing this genre is attached.
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SLA Theory ApplicationAn English Village project in China is designed guided by three Second Language Acquisition theories, namely, Sociocultural Theory, Identity Theory, and Conversation Analysis.
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