A Study of EFL Master students’ Erroneous Use of Stance Markers in Exam  Essays in the Subject of Applied Linguistics

Dr. Loubna Kouira

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Published: Aug 17, 2024

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academic writing,, erroneous use, stance features, essay exams, applied linguistics

Dr. Loubna Kouira

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The present paper deals with a preliminary qualitative study of the use of stance markers in expository essay exams. More
specifically, it aimed to answer the following research question: what do errors in the use of the features of authorial stance in
exam essays in the subject of applied linguistics reveal about master students’ knowledge about a central debate in the discipline
of their specialization? To answer this question, a corpus analysis of twenty-two exam essays randomly chosen on the basis of
convenience have been identified, transcribed, and analysed by two raters following Hyland’s (2005) model. The corpus analysis
has revealed that the erroneous use of stance features, namely hedges, boosters, attitude markers, and self-mention was due to an
inadequate level of mastery of the conventions of academic writing as well as a superficial knowledge of the epistemological
underpinnings of a central debate in their field of specilaization.

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Vol. 61 No. 5 (2024)

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