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Table 1 Participant background information

From: Using the Appraisal framework to analyze source use in essays: a case study of engagement and dialogism in two undergraduate students’ writing

 

Mara

Wes

Demographic

Sex

Female

Male

Ethnicity

Hawaiian Chinese

Chinese

Age

n/aa

21

Birthplace

U.S.

China

Education

Major

Linguistics

Archaeology

EL/ESL designation

No

Yes, in community college

Transfer student

Yes

Yes

1st in family to attend college

n/a

No

Want to attend graduate school

Yes

Yes

Want to teach

Yes

Unsure

Language

Spoken with parents

English

Cantonese

Studied in school

Spanish, French, Italian

Mandarin, English

  1. aThough she declined to state her age, I estimate that Mara was between 30 and 35 years of age