"Our students are illogical!": exploring students' misuse of logical connectors at Hong Kong tertiary level

Cissy Y X LI

Abstract

Academic writing almost inevitably involves the presentation of arguments and arguments more often than not involve the use of linkers that are intended to logically connect ideas to establish a point of view. This roundtable discussion will center on the issue of logic and the use of logical connectors in argumentative essay of Hong Kong students at tertiary level.

The particular topics that the discussion will focus on include 1) the importance of logical connectors in the presentation of logic; 2) the relationship between logic, logical connectors and quality of argumentative writing; 2) misuse of logical connectors among Hong Kong university students; 3) types of misuse; 4) pedagogical implication of qualitative analysis of (mis)use of logical connectors in learner texts.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 26 May 2014
Event	ELC Writing Roundtable 2014: Innovations in developing writers beyond the language classroom - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Duration: 26 May 2014 → 26 May 2014 https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2014/html/SELC/SELC2014/index.html (Conference website) https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2014/html/SELC/SELC2014/schedConf/program.html (Conference programme)

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Conference	ELC Writing Roundtable 2014
Country/Territory	China
City	Hong Kong
Period	26/05/14 → 26/05/14
Internet address	https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2014/html/SELC/SELC2014/index.html (Conference website) https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/WR2014/html/SELC/SELC2014/schedConf/program.html (Conference programme)

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"Our students are illogical!": exploring students' misuse of logical connectors at Hong Kong tertiary level

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