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Xu, Wen – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Building upon the genre-based research in literacy and English as a Second language (ESL) education developed in Australia in the past three decades, this paper reframes a genre-based approach to teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) in a primary classroom. Grounded in Bernsteinian sociology while also working in transdisciplinary dialogue…
Descriptors: Language Styles, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ashton-Hay, Sally Ann; Lamberton, Geoffrey; Zhou, Yining; von der Heidt, Tania – Journal of International Education in Business, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of bilingual learning strategies designed to support Chinese undergraduate business students facing significant learning challenges in an Australian university capstone curriculum delivered at their Chinese university. These challenges include the students' difficulty understanding…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning
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White, Peter R. R.; Mammone, Giuseppe; Caldwell, David – Language and Education, 2015
This chapter addresses the issue of pedagogy and bilingual/multilingual education: how best to match teaching-and-learning approaches to the literacy development needs of students in multilingual educational settings. More specifically, it makes the case for what is known as the "Sydney school" genre-based literacy development approach.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Styles, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
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Paltridge, Brian – Language Teaching, 2014
The term "genre" first came into the field of second-language (L2) writing and, in turn, the field of English for specific purposes (ESP) in the 1980s, with the research of John Swales, first carried out in the UK, into the introduction section of research articles. Other important figures in this area are Tony Dudley-Evans, Ann Johns…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Literary Genres, Language Styles, Grammar
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Kerfoot, Caroline; Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie – Language and Education, 2015
This article is the guest editors' introduction to the special issue "Language in Epistemic Access: Mobilising Multilingualism and Literacy Development for More Equitable Education in South Africa". The issue offers complementary perspectives on improving epistemic access for all learners but especially those whose home language does not…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Multilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Teaching Methods
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Yao, Xinyue; Collins, Peter – World Englishes, 2012
This paper reports on a comprehensive corpus-based study of regional and stylistic variation in the distribution of the English present perfect. The data represents ten English varieties of both the Inner Circle and Outer Circle, covering four major text types: conversation, news reportage, academic and fictional writing. The results are discussed…
Descriptors: Language Variation, North American English, Computational Linguistics, Language Styles
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Christie, Frances – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Looks at genre theory and English-as-a-Second-Language instruction from a systemic functional perspective. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Styles, Linguistic Theory
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Cadman, Kate – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2002
Explores the genre of the post graduate research proposal as an institutional requirement for international graduate students in an Australian university. Following a survey of attitudes and practices of supervisors, reflects on the political and social dimensions of the role of English for academic purposes (EAP) teachers and reconceptualizes EAP…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Graduate Students
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Skulstad, Aud Solbjorg – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Discusses how research on conventional discourse patterns in professional settings provides useful insights into the design of language for specific purposes/English for specific purposes courses (LSP/ESP). Suggests an LSP course should aim at developing students' genre awareness. The question of whether genre conventions should be explicitly…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries, Language Styles
Gibbs, Donna, Ed.; Krause, Kerri-Lee, Ed. – 2000
This book analyzes the distinctive language and culture of the Internet. It offers a study of the fusion of linguistic, visual, and technological dimensions which characterize the World Wide Web. Recognizing that Internet language is being created at a prodigious rate, the authors set out to equip teachers and educators with a key to understanding…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries