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Weber, Rose-Marie – Reading Psychology, 2018
The schwa sound, as the most frequent in English, is a near constant in words of three syllables or longer in academic texts. As linguistic research has shown, it characteristically recurs in rhythmic alternation with stressed syllables, contributing to a word's distinctive sound shape. The location of strong stress and therefore schwa is often…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Phonemes, Spelling, Language Rhythm
Mallette, Jennifer – Composition Studies, 2017
This article describes the ENGL 1023 Composition II course at the University of Arkansas, generally taken in the second semester of a student's first year and is taught within the context of literary studies or as a special topics section approved by the program in rhetoric and composition (PRC). The course is meant to be an introduction to…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Writing Instruction, English Instruction, Intellectual Disciplines
Tian, Xiufeng – English Language Teaching, 2013
This article aims at the feature analysis of four expository essays (Text A/B/C/D) written by secondary school students with a focus on the differences between spoken and written language. Texts C and D are better written compared with the other two (Texts A&B) which are considered more spoken in language using. The language features are…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, English, Oral Language, Written Language
Brezina, Vaclav – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2012
This primarily methodological article makes a proposition for linguistic exploration of textual resources available through the "Google Scholar" search engine. These resources ("Google Scholar virtual corpus") are significantly larger than any existing corpus of academic writing. "Google Scholar", however, was not designed for linguistic searches…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Form Classes (Languages), Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Arnett, John – Adults Learning, 2009
Forms of expression and representation other than writing have unquestionably been revolutionised by developments in new technology and computer software. Digital photography has made it possible to alter and enhance the original image in an almost infinite number of ways. Music software programmes like Cubase and Sibelius make it possible to…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Educational Technology, Spelling
Wedin, Asa – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2010
Increased immigration in Europe and worldwide has led to more pre- and primary school students being educated through the medium of a second language, and there is considerable research, much of it coming from Australia, to suggest that in order to cope with this situation, children will need to begin to acquire, from their earliest years in…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism
Bloch, Joel – Language Learning & Technology, 2009
This paper discusses the use of a web-based concordancing program using an interface design similar to the one used at the MICASE concordancing site to help students appropriately choose reporting verbs. Appropriate reporting verbs are important for asserting credible claims in academic papers. An interface was created that asked the students to…
Descriptors: Sentences, Verbs, Written Language, Computational Linguistics
Love, Kristina – Language and Education, 2009
In this paper I argue that an understanding of the role of language and literacy in learning disciplinary content should be a key component of the pedagogical content knowledge covered in the preparation of high school teachers. I identify three components of this "literacy pedagogical content knowledge" (LPCK): knowledge about how…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Written Language, Oral Language, Language Role
Ross, Jeffrey D. – Online Submission, 2004
This presentation explored the nature of hypertextual or electronically enhanced essays. The purpose of the presentation was to illustrate the change in academic writing which is occurring because of electronic text forms and hyper-linking. The author attempted to show that academic writing (and the culture surrounding writing) is becoming more…
Descriptors: Essays, Hypermedia, Written Language, Academic Discourse
Youguang, Zhou – Foreign Language Publications, 2003
This bilingual text by Zhou Youguang (in Chinese) with English translation by Zhang Liqing makes it easier for English speakers to gain advanced level skills in East Asian languages. It also exposes learners at or above intermediate skill levels to the vocabulary and discourses of academic disciplines and provides entries into discussions with…
Descriptors: Grammar, Translation, English, Chinese
Nelson, Nickola Wolf – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
In two original articles from the inaugural issue of "Topics in Language Disorders", Berlin, Blank, and Rose proposed a model of dialogue complexity on the basis of a continuum of abstractness defined as perceptual-language distance; Carlson, Gruenewald, and Nyberg proposed a triadic model of academic concepts, student language, and…
Descriptors: Written Language, Language Processing, Intervention, Learning Disabilities

Dyc, Gloria – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1994
Many American Indian students are alienated from schooling by the obvious disparities and conflicts between language usage in the oral tradition of their communities and that required in written academic discourse. A community-based language model used with Lakota college students empowers students by teaching critical writing that fuses…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, American Indian Education, Critical Thinking, Cultural Maintenance
Scarcella , Robin – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2003
Learning academic English is probably one of the surest, most reliable ways of attaining socioeconomic success in the United States today. Learners cannot function in school settings effectively without it. This variety of English entails the multiple, complex features of English required for success in public schooling and career advancement. It…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Written Language, English (Second Language), Academic Discourse