“Don’t Shop Here” is the title of a Facebook group that posts authentic customer reviews, written by Egyptians, on different products and services. Since these are form communication takes place via electronic devices internet, it considered Computer-Mediated Discourse (CMD), also known as Communication (CMC). From title, consumers’ published in mostly negative, with live interaction comments m...

Abstract There is very little research on the use of metadiscourse markers in abstracts across different disciplines (especially a single study) undergraduates as novice researchers, and qualitative has been done topic EFL ESL contexts altogether. Thus, purpose this study to examine undergraduates’ social sciences three (English Language Communication, Mass Psychology) Faculty Social Sciences L...

Abstract This study investigates the use of interactive metadiscourse markers in first language (L1) and second (L2) English editorials. It also identifies how L1 L2 editorials differ these markers. To this end, utilizes Hyland’s (2019) model to analyse – based on a descriptive approach 80 collected from two highly reputed newspapers: The Guardian Jordan Times , distributed evenly. data were an...

Portfolio assessment as one of the alternatives to testing is defined as the systematic collection of student work measured against predetermined scoring criteria. This paper aimed to investigate the effect of portfolio assessment in the oral performance of EFL learners in an attempt to examine its impact on their metadiscourse awareness. To determine the impact of portfolio assessment on the o...

This essay focuses on metadiscourse, a name for elements of texts that convey meanings other than  those  that  are  primarily  referential.    The  essay  provides  some  theoretical  background  to the  study  of  metadiscourse,  briefly  reviews  a  taxonomy  of  metadiscourse,  and  explores  four reasons why the study of metadiscourse is interesting and important: (a) Such study shows how ...