The Functionality of Lexical Patterns in Achieving Written Text Unity in English as a Foreign Language General Writing at Omar Ibn Al Khatab Secondary School in Jordan

Khaled Ahmad Hmoud Al Amro

doi:10.7176/jep/10-26-06

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This research paper aims at exploring the functionality of lexical patterns in achieving written text unity in English as a foreign language general writing at secondary school level in Jordan b in general and in secondary school for boys at Omar Ibn Al Khatab Jordan at Al Qaser Directorate of Education in particular.Sample consists of 20 students selected randomly. In order to achieve the study’s objectives two research instruments used namely; Hoey's (1991) Matrix of Lexical Patterning. Quantitative data analysis results are expressed Keywords : Lexical Patterns, Repetition Jordan. Foreign language DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-26-06 Publication date :September 30 th 2019

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Reviewed literature indicates that course materials and text books are not adequate enough to teach students to write skillfully since they basically focus on the grammaticality of the sentence without providing enough attention to text unity (Morris, 2007)
The Significance of the Study The present study is conducted to assist English as foreign language (EFL) learners at secondary school education level to understand the significance of the use of lexical cohesion, lexical patterns, in written essays produced by Jordanian secondary school students
There are lexical patterns of textual organization from the lexical bondage created by the use of the different types of lexical repetition in the written compositions produced by Jordanian English Language and Literature students at Mut’ah University

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Reviewed literature indicates that course materials and text books are not adequate enough to teach students to write skillfully since they basically focus on the grammaticality of the sentence without providing enough attention to text unity (Morris, 2007). Hoey (1991) criticizes the focus on the grammaticality and mastery of sentence structure He demonstrates that the focus on grammar without treating the unity of the text does not sound an appropriate mechanism to produce actual writing. The main goal of these conventional methods was to achieve awareness of the language system and to build students’ competence by means of controlled performance, Johns says. Alas, this goal has not been achieved in the country of Jordan (Al Natsheh, 2007)

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