Schedule 76. StuTS

This talk will focus on the characteristics of first-year students' argumentative writing in French as L2, examining the challenges students face when writing in a foreign language, such as struggling with text organization and structure and with insufficient lexical and grammatical knowledge of L2. The analysis reveals that students’ texts don’t follow the expected argumentative essay structure, with key components such as the introduction and conclusion often omitted or inadequate. In addition, the use of connectors in students’ writing is either absent or severely limited, which impedes the logical flow of their arguments. While there is evidence of language transfer from their first language (Serbian) and other languages they know (mainly English), no transfer of essential composing skills, believed to be already acquired in their L1, appears to occur. The vocabulary used in the essays is restricted, with a high amount of repetition and overuse of high-frequency lexical items. These findings suggest that first-year students struggle not only to express their arguments in a coherent and organized manner but also to use grammatically accurate language and varied and sophisticated vocabulary when constructing argumentative texts in L2 contexts. Understanding these challenges is necessary to improve academic writing instruction and help students develop their L2 writing skills.

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Day: 2024-11-22
Start time: 12:25
Duration: 00:30
Room: 00A02 CNMS
Track: Applied linguistics
Language: en

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