Research on the Use of Discourse Markers by English Teachers in EFL Classroom

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10.2991/icelaic-18.2018.14How to use a DOI?

Keywords

discourse markers; corpus; pragmatic competence

Abstract

On the basis of reviewing the concept, nature and function of the discourse markers of domestic and foreign scholars, this paper adopts the form of corpus research to investigate the types, frequencies, dependent words and textual functions of the use of discourse markers by college English teachers in EFL classroom. Through investigation and analysis, it is found that the total frequency of the use of discourse markers by English teacher in EFL classroom is close to that of native speakers, but there are some problems: few types, high frequency, lack of diversity, excessive dependence on a discourse marker and combination of multiple discourse markers.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Chen Xiaojing
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TI  - Research on the Use of Discourse Markers by English Teachers in EFL Classroom
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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