• SYED MUHAMMAD MUJTABA

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Inculcating writing skill in students is a difficult, if not impossible, process for teachers. There
are number factors which are responsible in making writing effective. One such factor is
‘Discourse Markers’. The uses of discourse markers make a piece of writing effective it adds
cohesion and coherence in writing. The current study was conducted with the aim to find out
whether the uses of discourse makers make writing effective or not. Not only this, the study also
wanted to unveil which discourse marker has the most significant effect in enhancing the quality
of the writing. For this purpose, 110 undergraduate university students were made to write a
descriptive essay of 200 words on the given topic by the researcher. The essays were collected
and marked according to the set criteria by Aston. The results of the regression equation
revealed that students who scored the highest marks have used the most numbers of DM, which
proves the claim of the researcher as well that there exists a significant positive relationship
between the use of DM and the quality of the writing. Moreover, the results of the study also
revealed that ‘Inferential Discourse Markers “are the one which have had the highest significant
value as compared to others DM’s, proving that inferential discourse markers are most successful
in enhancing the quality of the writing.

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