Application of the PEE Model to essay composition in an IELTS preparation class

dc.contributor.authorVelasco Tovar, Ender Orlandospa
dc.date2015-01-21
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T21:23:36Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T21:23:36Z
dc.descriptionBased on two case studies, this study investigates the application of the Point, Explanation, Example (PEE) model to essay composition in a multi-lingual IELTS preparation class. This model was incorporated into an eight-week programme of instruction to ESL adults in London, England. Students preparing for the IELTS exam were asked to write pre and post instruction essays on a given topic within 40 minutes. Employing the IELTS band descriptors (IELTS, 2013b) and analyses of coherence and cohesion in line with Systemic Functional Linguistic concepts (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2004; McCarthy, 1991), samples of students’ writing were analysed. Data from students’ pre and post instruction interviews was also gathered and analysed. The findings of this study suggest that the PEE model is to some extent effective in improving the essay composition performance of IELTS students, in particular in the area of cohesion and coherence. Students find the PEE model useful in regard to the clarity and structure that the model seems to add to their essays.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/7268
dc.identifier10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2015.1.a07
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11349/18134
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldasen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/7268/10399
dc.relationhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/7268/11180
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2015 Colombian Applied Linguistics Journalen-US
dc.sourceColombian appl. linguist. J.; Vol 17, No 1 (2015) January-June; 98-113es-ES
dc.sourceColombian Applied Linguistics Journal; Vol 17, No 1 (2015) January-June; 98-113en-US
dc.source2248-7085
dc.source0123-4641
dc.subjectPEE modelen-US
dc.subjectIELTSen-US
dc.subjectcohesion and coherenceen-US
dc.subjectessay writingen-US
dc.titleApplication of the PEE Model to essay composition in an IELTS preparation classen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typeArtículo revisado por pareses-ES
dc.typePeer-reviewes Articleen-US
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