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标题：The Status of Theme in the IELTS Task 2 Essays
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作者：Seyed Foad Ebrahimi
期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：3
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：This study analyzed the thematic organization types in the Task 2, essays, of thewriting section of the IELTS test. To meet this end, thirty Task 2 essays with a score of 8 and 8.5were selected. Then, the data were analyzed based on Halliday’s (1994) model of thematicorganization. The findings revealed that the selections of the theme types were directly imposedby the nature of the genre of essay writing. This means that the writers were required to selectthe theme types in a way which help meeting the general goals of this genre. The findings couldbe used in the IELTS preparation writing classes to help the writers, especially EFL novicewriters, to achieve satisfactory scores in the Task 2, essays, of the writing section of the IELTStest.
关键词：Theme; Rheme; Thematic organization; Task 2 writing; IELTS; Genre