EXPLORING COHESION AND COHERENCE PROBLEMS IN ESL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ESSAYS
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20306238Keywords:
academic discourse, textual cohesion, logical coherence, cohesive devices, error analysis, second language acquisition, essay structure.Abstract
This article presents a systematic structural analysis of the core challenges and structural complications ESL students encounter regarding text cohesion and conceptual coherence in academic writing, proposing targeted pedagogical interventions.References
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