Written academic ELF: Developing writing concepts in the new normal
- Authors
- Huh, M.-H.; Lee, I.; Kim, J.
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Korea Association of Teachers of English
- Keywords
- L2 rhetorical concept; New normal; Vygotsky’s spontaneous/scientific concepts; Written academic ELF
- Citation
- English Teaching(South Korea), v.75, no.4, pp.57 - 79
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- English Teaching(South Korea)
- Volume
- 75
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 57
- End Page
- 79
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/60788
- DOI
- 10.15858/engtea.75.4.202012.57
- ISSN
- 1017-7108
- Abstract
- In this study, we propose a link between L2 rhetorical concepts and ELF as a way of the analysis of the development of a single concept, of an EFL college student’s rhetorical knowledge. Using Vygotskian sociocultural theory as analytical lenses, we examine whether L2 rhetoric can be mastered and internalized as a culturally neutral concept, i.e., the formulaic knowledge of L2 writing the student has learned from the NEST through instruction; and how the student’s L1 rhetorical concept and ELF performance together mediate his L2 concept development in his academic writing. The data consist of a student’s personal narratives, text-based interviews and academic writings. Rather than the mastery of a single variety of English, he produced texts that reflect the flexibility and variability inherent in written ELF. From ELF perspectives, this study offers an opportunity of establishing a new normal, in which rhetorical conventions of texts should be viewed as constructs that are dynamic, emergent, and therefore negotiable and adaptable. © 2020 The Korea Association of Teachers of English (KATE).
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