Sequential Ordering in Nonnative Texts: Textual Choices in Source-Based Writing

초록

Second language (L2) writing studies have uncovered linguistic and rhetorical patterns in nonnative writing and their general relevance to communicative competence. These patterns do not, however, explicate the textual choices writers make in connecting relevant contents and producing arguments. In this regard, tracing the sequential ordering of the sentences in nonnative essays can offer a useful alternative in identifying the choices nonnative writers make and problems they face. Based on the analysis of 51 academic essays by Korean college students, the present study identified four distinctive textual patterns in how they connect their sentences. The findings show that a next sentence(s) makes visible how the writer considered the preceding sentence(s) for its meanings, assumptions and problems and what choices s/he makes in producing connected texts.

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