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The present study explored the locations of main ideas, macro-level rhetorical patterns and directness/indirectness in L1 and L2 argumentative essays written by Korean ESL students in the United States. They were divided into two groups based on their writing proficiency ability. The results indicate that most participants used English rhetoric to construct their L1 and L2 essays. They also preferred the initial location when placing their main ideas regardless of the languages they used and the varying L2 writing proficiency levels. With regard to the macro-level rhetorical patterns, they often utilized the “Explanation-Collection” style, in which the writer’s opinion is followed by equally weighted supporting reason. For argument directness/indirectness, most participants preferred to write directly. The findings of the study confirm “reverse unidirectional transfer,” meaning that the rhetoric transfer actually occurred from L2 to L1.

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I. INTRODUCTION
 II. LITERATURE REVIEW
  1. Views on Traditional CR
  2. Bidirectional Transfer
 III. METHODOLOGY
  1. Data Collection
  2. Data Analysis
 IV. FINDINGS
  1. Locations of the Main Idea
  2. Macro-Level Rhetorical Patterns
  3. Directness/Indirectness
 V. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS
 References
 Abstract

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저자

• Yunkyung Jeong [ Hankuk University of Foreign Studies ] First author
• Hohsung Choe [ Hankuk University of Foreign Studies ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820