LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:11 November 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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Cognitive Discourse Analysis of L2 Writer’s ‘Think-Aloud Protocol:
A Case Study

Ghulam Haider, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

The aim of this qualitative study is to uncover the composing processes of a male Pakistani student writer tentatively with the help of cognitive discourse analysis. The study qualitatively analyzed the verbal transcripts to come to the tentative conclusions about the writing behaviors of the L2 student. An analysis of the participant’s writing think-aloud protocol verbalized data show that writing is a recursive process. The writer applies different meta-cognitive, cognitive, social and affective strategies in a recursive pattern while writing.

Key Words: Writing Processes, Cognitive Discourse Analysis, ESL Teaching of Writing

1. Introduction

Writing is a complex process. According to Flower and Hayes (1980a, pp.31-33), in order to write, people must perform a number of mental operations: “they must plan generate, knowledge, translate it into speech, and edit what they have written … a writer caught in the act looks much more like a very busy switchboard operator to juggle a number of demands on her attention and constraints on what she can do.” This statement vividly elaborates that writing involves some distinctive cognitive processes that enable the writers to write.

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Ghulam Haider, Ph.D. (Scholar) Special Education
Department of Special Education
University of the Punjab Lahore
Pakistan
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