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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2020.20.03.432

Written Voice in the Text: Investigating Rhetorical Patterns and Practices for English Letter Writing  

Lee, Younghwa (선문대학교 영어학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.20, no.3, 2020 , pp. 432-439 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims at exploring features of Korean university students' written text, focusing on the written voice, rhetorical patterns, and writing practices through English letters. The data comprised examples of students' English job applications, and a 'purpose-will' model was adopted for the data analysis. The findings showed that the students used unique ways of strategies to convey their voice in a recontextualized setting. Their written voice in the job applications were various, and nobody applied the Korean convention of weather opening. Their rhetorical patterns were a transformation from convergence to divergence, showing integrated patterns of written voice. Students' writing practices revealed their internal values of writing for a task, and they do not directly learn from the teacher's syllabus. This supports the sociocultural framework that learning is a situated activity in a specific discourse community. The study concludes that writing teachers should understand that life-world and learning experience can impact on students' written voice and practices.
Keywords
Text; Letter Writing; 'Purpose-Will' Model; Rhetorical Patterns; Writing Practices;
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