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Focusing on the experiences of five Chinese graduate students, this study explores the challenges they face while writing literature reviews in English. It reveals that these students perceive their difficulties primarily as linguistic, particularly concerning vocabulary and sentence accuracy. Their diverse strategies for composing literature reviews highlight the need for tailored support to help them adapt to the academic environment and genre expectations. The findings aim to enhance faculty understanding of ESL students' struggles and inform the development of appropriate language courses.
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Writing a Literature Review in a Second Language, Jun Qian
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Writing a Literature Review in a Second Language
- Subtitle
- The Experiences of Chinese Graduate Students
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jun Qian
- Publisher
- LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 124
- ISBN13
- 9783659493195
- Category
- Textbooks, Motivation and Self-help
- Description
- Focusing on the experiences of five Chinese graduate students, this study explores the challenges they face while writing literature reviews in English. It reveals that these students perceive their difficulties primarily as linguistic, particularly concerning vocabulary and sentence accuracy. Their diverse strategies for composing literature reviews highlight the need for tailored support to help them adapt to the academic environment and genre expectations. The findings aim to enhance faculty understanding of ESL students' struggles and inform the development of appropriate language courses.