Cooperation and Coherence in Writing (Paperback)

"Why does not my writing cooperate?" is a frequently asked question by the learners of foreign languages. The answer is most of the time related to "coherence". Coherence in written discourse has been a problematic concept for both many Foreign Language Teachers and students when teaching/learning to write in the target language. Besides, it is considered as a crucial part of academic written discourse, which students are expected to master to be able to pursue their academic studies. The study in this book examined how much the coherence-related difficulties/problems of Turkish EFL students in writing English essays (i.e target language) are related to the problems in writing Turkish essays (i.e. Mother Tongue). The subjects for the study in this book were chosen from the upper-intermediate level students at the Preparatory Program in an English-medium University, Istanbul Bilgi University, in Turkey. For a detailed understanding of the nature of the coherence-related difficulties/problems of students' Turkish and English essays, this book used a pragmatic analysis, involving the use of Grice's Cooperative Principle and maxims and sub-maxims of cooperation.