Citation competence is an intertextual skill of referencing which clarifies and expresses writer stance and attains rhetorical functions in academic writing. This study, while sampling 115 undergraduates majoring in English from one of the key Chinese universities as participants, investigated the individual factors influencing citation competence in L2 academic writing, which was based on the classroom academic read-to-write task. Four factors (Cognitive Proficiency of Source Use; Academic Reading Proficiency; Academic Writing Proficiency; Cit...
