This literature review aims to provide a high-level overview of what is known about writing and writing instruction. While much is known, there is still so much more to learn, particularly in the Australian context. Compared to the reading literature, the writing literature is modest, and the quality of the research varies from study to study.…

Empirical evidence has been provided about the importance of avoiding American Psychological Association (APA) errors in the abstract, body, reference list, and table sections of empirical research articles. Specifically, authors are significantly more likely to have their manuscripts rejected for publication if they commit numerous APA…

The purpose of this study is to explore any possible difference among the verb types chosen in articles written in English by the non-natives and natives. In so doing, Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar (1994) was employed. 80 published articles from the medical sciences field of study were chosen from among which 40 were written by native…