Analysis of the frequency of use of interactive adverbial groups in the academic English of the Spanish university students and their pedagogical implications

Authors

  • Marta Genis Pedra Antonio de Nebrija University
  • Elena Orduna Nocito Antonio de Nebrija University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael612188

Keywords:

Corpus studies, computational linguistics, academic English, written texts, nteractive function and interactional, lexical repertoire, discourse analysis, English as a foreign language, integrated content learning and foreign language, teaching methodology, pedagogical strategies

Abstract

The present work shows the distribution and frequency of use of adverbial groups of interactive type in students and, based on the results obtained, points out the need of implementing different teaching strategies to improve the use of available resourcesin in the English language and, therefore, to improve both the cohesion and the coherence of the texts written in the university context. In addition, the work collects the an urgent need to increase the level of consciousness of students regarding the existence of a wide range of options and the need to increase their frequency of use.

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Published

2012-11-30

How to Cite

Genis Pedra, M., & Orduna Nocito, E. (2012). Analysis of the frequency of use of interactive adverbial groups in the academic English of the Spanish university students and their pedagogical implications. Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching, 6(12), 35–48. https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael612188

Issue

No. 12 (2012): Number 12

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