Exploring interactive metadiscourse as a practical approach to enhancing academic writing skills of newly admitted undergraduates students in Nigeria

Autores/as

  • Tolulope Akinseye University of Ibadan, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.1.10.2.2756

Palabras clave:

habilidades de escritura académica, metadiscurso interactivo, estudiantes universitarios de ESL en Nigeria, estrategias discursivas

Resumen

La escritura académica es un aspecto crucial en la educación universitaria, especialmente para estudiantes de inglés como segunda lengua (ESL). Este estudio investiga el uso de recursos interactivos como estrategias discursivas para mejorar las habilidades de escritura académica de los estudiantes universitarios de ESL en Nigeria. Se utilizó una muestra de 100 ensayos expositivos. En la investigación se ha utilizado un diseño cualitativo y cuantitativo. El análisis cualitativo observa los tipos y usos de estrategias discursivas empleadas en los escritos expositivos seleccionados, mientras que el cuantitativo atiende a la ocurrencia de estas estrategias. Los resultados revelan que los marcadores de transición, los marcadores de estructura y las glosas de código fueron los marcadores interactivos más utilizados en la escritura académica, mientras que los marcadores evidenciales y endofóricos se usaron con menos frecuencia. Estos hallazgos subrayan la importancia pedagógica de incorporar recursos interactivos en la enseñanza de habilidades de escritura académica para estudiantes universitarios de ESL.

Biografía

Tolulope Akinseye, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Tolulope A. Akinseye (Ph.D.) es profesora del Departamento de Inglés de la Universidad de Ibadan, Nigeria, y miembro de la Fundación Alexander von Humboldt, Alemania. Sus intereses de investigación incluyen estudios del discurso, lingüística funcional y aplicada.

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Publicado

2023-12-22

Cómo citar

Akinseye, T. (2023). Exploring interactive metadiscourse as a practical approach to enhancing academic writing skills of newly admitted undergraduates students in Nigeria. EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 10(2), 44–61. https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.1.10.2.2756