Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.17234/ZGB.30.8

Coherence Production in Texts Written by Students of German as a Foreign Language

Leonard Pon orcid.org/0000-0002-2905-5828 ; University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Vesna Bagarić Medve orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-9295 ; University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract

This article focuses on coherence production in written texts – an aspect of (foreign) language acquisition heretofore relatively neglected by research. To further investigate this aspect, the article analyzes coherence production in texts written by students of German as a foreign language at B2 level. The analysis is conducted on a corpus of 30 argumentative texts using qualitative
and quantitative procedures. The results indicate that coherence in texts written by students of German as a foreign language at B2 level is mainly established via parallel progressions, while most of the coherence breaks are found within text paragraphs.

Keywords

coherence in written texts; German as a foreign language

Hrčak ID:

272143

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/272143

Publication date:

1.2.2022.

Article data in other languages: german

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