Consciousness-RaisingofDiscourseMarkersandItsEffectonEFLWritingCompetency

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Thispaperexploreshowconsciousness-raisingactivitiescenteredondiscoursemarkersinfluencetheacademicwritingskillsofsecond-yearfemaleEnglishmajorsatIdlebUniversity.Usingaqualitativemethodology,thestudyemployedclosetestsandanalysisofwrittenessaystoexaminechangesinstudents’writing.Resultsindicatedthattheseactivitiespositivelycontributedtoimprovingstudents’abilitytousediscoursemarkerseffectively,leadingtomorecoherentandstructuredacademicwriting.Basedonthesefindings,thestudyrecommendstheintegrationofsuchactivitiesintoacademicwritingcoursestoenhancestudents’writingcompetenceanddiscourseawareness.