A Comparative Study of Language Style Variations in E-Mail and "Telegram" Messages by Non-Native Intermediate Learners of English

Autor/inn/en	Rostami, Farahnaz; Khodabandeh, Farzaneh
Titel	A Comparative Study of Language Style Variations in E-Mail and "Telegram" Messages by Non-Native Intermediate Learners of English
Quelle	In: Teaching English with Technology, 19 (2019) 4, S.69-89 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1642-1027
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Writing (Composition); English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Writing Skills; College Students; Electronic Mail; Language Usage; Academic Language; Essays; Social Media; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Vocabulary; Language Styles; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schreibübung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Collegestudent; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Sprachgebrauch; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Soziale Medien; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Wortschatz; Sprachstil
Abstract	This study sought to explore the formality styles of writing among intermediate EFL Iranian learners to scrutinize their competence in the writing skill. A convenience sample of 30 students were chosen through Oxford Quick Placement Test (2001) from among 60 university students. The first group sent their messages (essay tasks) through e-mail and the second group used "Telegram." A corpus containing a total of 240 written texts was extracted from both groups. This corpus was then analyzed and compared in terms of formality styles. A detailed comparison of the two sub-corpora revealed a significant difference between texts written and sent by "Telegram" application and e-mails. The results of data analysis also indicated that informality and formality markers potentially function as distinctive factors, capable of differentiating between the texts sent by "Telegram" and e-mails. Ultimately, the essays sent by "Telegram" (containing 5 factors including contractions, questions, modal verbs, opening sentences, vocabulary) were recognized to use more informal styles of writing than emails. Taking the current study's findings into account, academic writing pedagogy may benefit from a focus on employing appropriate writing strategies and techniques to accelerate Iranian university students' writing development. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group / University of Nicosia / Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Ul. J. Sowinskiego 17, 20-041 Lublin, Poland. Web site: http://tewtjournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01