Author(s)

Ziyi Wang

Corresponding Author

Ziyi Wang

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to explore the use of connectives in argumentative essay written by Chinese learners of German, to summarise the key points mentioned in the three selected master's theses by means of a literature review. And also to analyses the reasons for the problems appeared in the exercising texts, hoping to conclude pedagogical suggestions of previous studies, and to deduce more possibilities from the level of research design in order to provide references and directions for future research on this topic.

KEYWORDS

German learners, argumentative essays, connectives