THE USE OF REPORTING VERBS IN L2 WRITING BY IRAQI POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS AT TIKRIT UNIVERSITY

Authors : Sarmad ALAHMED, Zainab JABBAR

Pages : 107-127

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Publication Date : 2022-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The current study describes the use of RVs in essays written by Iraqi MA students at Tikrit University insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in Tikrit province, Iraq);. The main aim of the present study is to discover how participants use RVs in essay writing to provide a detailed analysis that will assist them in improving their writing. 15 Iraqi MA students participated in this study. The participants wrote 30 essays; each participant wrote two essays on a different topic that was chosen. The theories from Biber, et al. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2002); equipped by Quirk insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1985); are applied to analyze RVs. RVs used by the participants were classified into three categories: communication, activity, and mental verbs. The results of the current study show that the participants used Activity Verbs insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(55%); followed by Communication Verbs insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(27%); and Mental Verbs insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(18%);. It was concluded that the students had overused the Activity Verbs, such as ‘point’, ‘show’, ‘find’, ‘give’, and ‘focus’. The present study also concluded that students’ ability in using RVs must be developed to reach the proper academic level in their writing.
Keywords : Reporting Verbs, Essay writing, Qualitative