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بررسي نحوه استفاده شركت كنندگان ايراني از رشته هاي صورت بند(Formulaic Sequencesدر بخش نگارش آزمون IELTS

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رشته زبان انگليسي

شهريور 1387

شهريور 1387

دكتر كيوان زاهدي دكتر محمود ميرطباطبايي

Abstract The aim of this study is to explore the IELTS candidates’ use of formulaic sequences in the writing tasks. Investigating a corpus created from 136 scripts responding to IELTS Academic and General Training Tasks 1 and 2, and using a framework proposed by Mackenzie (2000) for the identification of formulaic sequences, the researcher intends to describe the effect of the frequency and appropriacy of the use of formulaic sequences on three IELTS writing criteria namely Cohesion, Coherence, and Lexical Resource, in particular, and on the writing scores, in general. The results of computer and manual analysis of the writing samples suggest that appropriate use of formulaic sequences have a positive effect on the writing scores while inappropriate and frequent use of these sequences have a negative effect on the candidates’ writings. The findings of this study contribute to development and refinement of rating criteria of the Writing Module of IELTS, and can also be used to improve the quality of learning and teaching of formulaic sequences in IELTS preparation classes.