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Discourse markers (DMs) play a critical role in facilitating understanding for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and helping them navigate the complex communicative environment of the classroom (Walsh 2013). They contribute to the coherence and flow of spoken discourse, aiding both comprehension and interaction. In addition to aiding in the structuring of discourse, …

Discourse competence is a very important component in the structure of communicative language competence and it refers to the ability to design texts. One important aspect of text production is the appropriate use of interactive metadiscourse markers. This paper studies the use of interactive metadiscourse markers by Croatian foreign language users of English and German …