L2 Learners’ Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Online Discussion Forums

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Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2012, , Pages 93-122

Abstract
  This study aimed to investigate the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in 168 comments made by 28 university students of engineering via an educational forum held as part of a general English course. The students wrote their comments on six topics, with a total of 19,671 words. Their comments ...  Read More