A systematic review: An investigation of studies on the use of discourse connectors in Turkish EFL learners’ academic writing    
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Serpil AZAP Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Diğer (Teknik, not, yorum, vaka takdimi, editöre mektup, özet, kitap krıtiği, araştırma notu, bilirkişi raporu ve benzeri)
Makale Alt Türü Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayınlanan teknik not, editöre mektup, tartışma, vaka takdimi ve özet türünden makale
Dergi Adı RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
Dergi ISSN 2148-7782
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler TR DİZİN
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 10-2023
Sayı 36
Sayfalar 1291 / 1307
DOI Numarası 10.29000/rumelide.1369163
Makale Linki https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/rumelide/issue/80407/1369163
Özet
The goal of this study was to analyze a collection of studies on discourse connectors in EFL learners’ writing in Turkey in terms of the distribution, purposes, corpora, findings, and pedagogical implications of certain studies between 2012-2022 in order to reveal research tendencies in this field. This review uses a systematic approach to identify and analyze studies on the use of discourse connectors in Turkish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) academic writing in Turkey. The data analysis procedure comprised a detailed evaluation and synthesis of the selected studies. The systematic review process involved deciding on the subject to be studied, doing a thorough assessment of the literature, selecting the studies that would be included in the study, collecting the data obtained from the investigation, analyzing the data, and reporting the findings. Out of 21 reviewed studies, 8 research papers, 9 M.A. theses, 2 Ph.D. dissertations, and 2 proceedings were reached. In light of the obtained results, it can be concluded that most of the studies were conducted to compare the discourse connectors in native and non-native academic writing such as argumentative essays, MA theses, or doctoral dissertations (Ph.D.), native and non-native corpora, or in written and spoken language respectively. In the last part of the research, practical implications and suggestions for further research were offered in detail.
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