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Direct linkMa, Lai Ping Florence – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Research writing is an important part of doctoral study. Previous studies suggest that students who speak English as an additional language (EAL) may experience difficulties in writing a thesis in English. This study investigated the nature of the writing challenges experienced by EAL doctoral students. Drawing on data collected from individual…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Difficulty Level, English for Academic Purposes, Student Attitudes
Download full textMurphy, Richard, Ed.; And Others – 1976
This resource book is intended as an aid to persons working with Thai Dam refugees. To help the language teacher, some differences between Lao and English are discussed, specifically tonal inflections, positioning, declension of pronouns, conjugation of verbs, interrogatives, classifiers and predicate adjectives. An outline of cultural differences…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Culture Contact
