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Use of Resources in Second Language Writing Socialization.
Miyoung Nam,Gulbahar H. Beckett +1 more
- Vol. 15, Iss: 1, pp 1-20
TLDR
Findings suggest that socialization into American English-language ESL courses was difficult, frustrating, and disempowering, and suggest that peer advice to help students’ access to resources appears to be more influential than their peers’ advice.Abstract:
This
study
investigated
five
Korean
ESL
graduate
students’
access
to
and utilization
of
professional
and
social
resources
in
the
process
of socializing
into
American
academic
writing
discourse.
As
a
pilot
study
for a
larger
scale
research
study,
data
for
the
present
study
were
collected during
a
four-‐month
period
through
interviews.
Findings
suggest
that socialization
into
American
academic
writing
discourse
was
difficult, frustrating,
and
disempowering
as
well
as
restricted
by
lack
of coordination
among
resources.
Based
on
their
prior
experience
and second-‐hand
information
provided
by
peers,
the
participants
remained legitimate
peripheral
passive
users
of
university
resources
such
as
the writing
center,
an
ESL
program,
and
research
courses
designed
to
help them.
They
were,
however,
active
users
of
intertextual
resources
they sought
out
themselves.
Peer
advice
appears
to
be
more
influential
in Korean
L2
graduate
students’
resource
use
choices
than
their
advisors’ and
departments’
recommendations.read more
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