Encoding, decoding, packing and unpacking via agnation: Reformulating general knowledge into disciplinary concepts for teaching English academic writing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.100782
Abstract: Abstract In assessing student writing, instructors typically look for evidence that a writer has grasped concepts from the field and is using them appropriately. Texts may demonstrate this by linking discipline-specific knowledge to the everyday… read more here.
Keywords: encoding decoding; english academic; knowledge; via agnation ... See more keywords
The bottom line: Are idioms used in English academic speech and writing?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.100810
Abstract: Abstract Many researchers with English as an additional language (EAL), as well as EAL teachers and students, believe that idioms are not used in English academic speech or writing. By 'idiom', they usually mean an… read more here.
Keywords: used english; english academic; academic speech; idioms used ... See more keywords
The language of English academic lectures: The case of field of study in highlighting importance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2017.04.005
Abstract: This paper explores importance marking in the academic lectures of different disciplines from a functional perspective. Drawing on a corpus-driven and discourse analytic approach, we extracted the importance markers of this study from the 160… read more here.
Keywords: highlighting importance; english academic; importance; language english ... See more keywords
Linking adverbials in L2 English academic writing: L1-related differences
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DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2018.08.008
Abstract: Abstract Appropriate and effective use of linking adverbials (e.g., furthermore, in addition, on the other hand) plays an important role in discourse cohesion, yet how these items are used by second language (L2) writers is… read more here.
Keywords: related differences; writing related; linking adverbials; english academic ... See more keywords
Vision enhancement and language learning: A critical analysis of vision-building in an English for Academic Purposes programme
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DOI: 10.1177/13621688211014551
Abstract: Future second language (L2) self-images have proven integral to L2 motivation, prompting several attempts to purposefully develop learners’ ideal L2 selves over the past decade through the use of vision-building techniques. Some of these ‘vision… read more here.
Keywords: academic purposes; english academic; self images; vision building ... See more keywords
Motivational Strategies Adopted in Postgraduate English Academic Writing Courses: Perspectives of Doctoral Students
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440221138259
Abstract: Despite postgraduates’ struggles to master English academic writing, the fulfilment of postgraduates’ motivational needs in classes of English academic writing has been scarcely researched. This study examines the motivational practices of teachers of postgraduate English… read more here.
Keywords: motivational strategies; english academic; postgraduate english; academic writing ... See more keywords
Spanish L1 EFL learners’ recognition knowledge of English academic vocabulary: The role of cognateness, word frequency and length
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DOI: 10.1515/applirev-2018-0109
Abstract: Academic vocabulary knowledge predicts students’ academic achievement across educational levels. English academic vocabulary knowledge is especially valuable because English is used in academia worldwide. Therefore, examining the factors that can predict English academic vocabulary knowledge… read more here.
Keywords: english academic; word frequency; word; frequency ... See more keywords
Mobile-assisted focus on forms in English for academic purposes instruction: Investigating the impacts on learning academic words
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1071555
Abstract: Focus on forms (FonFs) is a pedagogical approach in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA) that emphasizes students’ conscious and direct attention to learning target language features in isolation and outside their meaningful context. FonFs has… read more here.
Keywords: focus forms; english academic; mobile assisted; assisted fonfs ... See more keywords