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Rhetorical Structure and Directives in L2 Writing : A Genre Analysis of Request Letters

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Eunsook Shim

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The purpose of the study is to examine the rhetorical move structure and politeness strategies used in request letters of Korean university students enrolled in the department of English in Korea. Forty-one request letters were collected for this study. The participants were given a survey about their personal information and writing instruction. Then, they were asked to write a request letter in English. The results of the study revealed that a Justification-Request pattern (Move 3-2) appears to be favored and rather recursive. The high levels of directness seemed to be due to the a writer’s intention of pragmatic clarity as an attempt to communicate with readers clearly. The writers’ choice of certain linguistic patterns, or ‘a need/want statement’, may be due to the different perception of level of imposition. This study suggests that different strategies can be effective in different cultures.

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I. Introduction
 II. Theoretical Background
 III. Methods
  1. Participants
  2. Instruments and Procedures
 IV. Results and Discussion
  1. Rhetorical Move Structure
  2. Directives in Request Letters
 V. Conclusion
 Works Cited
 Abstract

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  • Eunsook Shim 심은숙. Sangji University

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