Poster Session Writer Agency and Transfer in Argumentative Essays more

Sat, Dec 18, 12:10-12:50 Asia/Tokyo

This case study explores writer agency of the two Japanese students in composing their L1 Japanese argumentative essays, with a particular attention to the transfer from their L2 English knowledge and experiences. The analyses of their bilingual argumentative essays and interview data revealed that English knowledge and learning experiences can be the predicting factors to transfer from English to Japanese argumentative essays for the upper-intermediate English proficiency student. On the other hand, the intermediate English level student hardly showed the English writing transfer effects on her Japanese argumentative essay. Pedagogical implications are reported based on the results of the study.