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Pourjamali A A, Sepehri M, Shafiee S. (2025). The Impact of Teaching Cohesive Conjunction Patterns Extracted from Expository Texts Written by English Proficient Writers on Iranian EFL Learners Conjunction Patterns Usage. IJER. 4(4),
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1- Department of English, ShK.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
2- Department of English, ShK.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran ,m.sepehri@iaushk.ac.ir
3- Department of English, ShK.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
2- Department of English, ShK.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran ,
3- Department of English, ShK.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
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Objective: This study investigates whether explicit instruction in cohesive conjunction patterns—derived from authentic English academic texts—can enhance the writing proficiency of Iranian EFL learners.
Methods: A mixed-method design combining corpus analysis and experimental instruction was used. Sixty university students were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Conjunction patterns were extracted from the British Academic Written English (BAWE) corpus based on Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) taxonomy. The control group received standard writing instruction, while the experimental group received targeted training on the identified conjunction patterns. Pre- and post-tests were administered to assess changes in the learners’ writing performance.
Results: Students in the experimental group showed significant improvement in their use of varied and rhetorically effective conjunctions, particularly adversative and causal links, while reducing overuse of basic additive forms. Statistical analyses confirmed that these improvements were significant and not attributable to chance. The quality of writing improved not through the sheer number of cohesive devices but through their strategic and context-appropriate use.
Conclusions: Targeted instruction using authentic academic texts meaningfully enhances EFL learners’ coherence, analytical depth, and overall writing quality. These findings support integrating corpus-derived models and conjunction-focused instruction into EFL writing curricula to promote more effective academic writing.
Methods: A mixed-method design combining corpus analysis and experimental instruction was used. Sixty university students were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Conjunction patterns were extracted from the British Academic Written English (BAWE) corpus based on Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) taxonomy. The control group received standard writing instruction, while the experimental group received targeted training on the identified conjunction patterns. Pre- and post-tests were administered to assess changes in the learners’ writing performance.
Results: Students in the experimental group showed significant improvement in their use of varied and rhetorically effective conjunctions, particularly adversative and causal links, while reducing overuse of basic additive forms. Statistical analyses confirmed that these improvements were significant and not attributable to chance. The quality of writing improved not through the sheer number of cohesive devices but through their strategic and context-appropriate use.
Conclusions: Targeted instruction using authentic academic texts meaningfully enhances EFL learners’ coherence, analytical depth, and overall writing quality. These findings support integrating corpus-derived models and conjunction-focused instruction into EFL writing curricula to promote more effective academic writing.
Type of Study: Original |
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Educational Studies
Received: 2025/05/12 | Accepted: 2025/07/19 | Published: 2025/12/1
Received: 2025/05/12 | Accepted: 2025/07/19 | Published: 2025/12/1
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