Systemic Functional Linguistics: Analyzing the Theme System and Thematic Progression in Indonesian University Students’ English Writing

Thematic Progression Patterns in the English News and the Persian Translation

Thematic progression pattern as the method of development of the text insures that the reader follows the right path in understanding the text; in this regard, this subject is attracting considerable interest among discourse analysts. This paper calls into question the status of thematic progression in the process of translating English news into Persian. With this in mind, we analyzed the them...

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Theme and Thematic Patterns in Spanish and English History Texts

content analysis of l1 and l2 writing textbooks and the perception analysis of university professors on the influence of english writing expertise on the persian in an efl context

the importance of writing as a complex skill in applied linguistics has drawn the attention of many researchers to evaluate textbooks in order to help learners gain self-sufficiency and autonomy in the field of language use and communication. investigations have shown that developments in textbooks evaluation can promote the quality of pedagogies and consequently the learning. this study attemp...

Thematic Organization in MA TEFL Students' Argumentative, Cause and Effect, and Process Types of Writing

It is generally recognized that many second language learners have difficulties with cohesion in academic texts.  Writing seems to be the most difficult subject for many students. To produce good writing, it is necessary to know how to organize Theme and Rheme in a text. Thematic structure as an important feature in textual metafunction plays a significant role in promoting the textual coherenc...