Uhm, Chul Joo. Kim, Jeong-A. Nam, Hyeeun. Oh, Yuna. 2009. A Comparative Analysis of Metadiscourse Use between Native English Writers (L1) and Korean English Writers (L2) in Academic Writing. Discourse and Cognition, 16.2, 63-90. The purpose of this study is to shed light on how native English writers (L1) and Korean writers (L2) of applied linguistics develop？a relationship with their readers and make a logical process in their English writing. To this end, this study examines a total of 100 discussion sections of applied linguistics based on Hyland''s (2004) model: 50 native English writers'' and 50 Korean writers'' in English. This study draws the frequency of metadiscourse marker use, finds its differences between the two groups and figures out its characteristics. After the analysis of the frequency in metadiscourse marker use, chi-square tests were carried out to reveal if there is any significant difference between the two groups. The analysis revealed that the differences in using