Sociocultural-Linguistics & Pragmatics An Analysis of Hedging Taught in Academic Writing Textbooks more

Sat, Nov 13, 12:45-13:45 Asia/Tokyo

When writing research papers, learners of English need not only a sufficient level of English but also knowledge of writing strategies and language use in pragmatics. This presentation focuses on a textbook analysis of how hedges are taught to Japanese EFL learners, especially for academic research writing. Although textbooks generally focus on writing strategies in the English language, there were few instructions of hedging use in academic writing textbooks.