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Hung, Hsuan; Chen, Pi-Ching; Tsai, Jing-Jane – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2012
The case presentation is the core section of a medical case report. Issues in the teaching of case report writing have recently been the subject of great interest in medical education, especially in the era of globalization. Given that Taiwanese medical students, residents and junior physicians are requested to write case reports in English and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Content Analysis, College Instruction
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Malcolm, Lois – English for Specific Purposes, 1987
Analysis of tense usage in 20 scientific articles from the "Journal of Pediatrics" reveals a hierarchy of sociolinguistic relationships among context-dependent rhetorical functions, context-independent temporal meanings, and actual tense choices. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English for Science and Technology, Language Styles, Language Usage