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Peer reviewedGupta, Renu – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Examines introductions to research articles written by three international graduate students and identifies three basic problems. Student and nonnative writers may have difficulty with handling both the hierarchical as well as the linear structure of written discourse, especially introductions that create problems for both the writer and the…
Descriptors: Discourse Modes, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedGosden, Hugh – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Focuses on the textual revisions involved in the creation of "successful" scientific research articles by nonnative novice researchers. A linguistic framework of text analysis and interpretive commentary show how the hard, norm-developing processes of interaction between inexperienced novice and expert writers in the scientific discourse…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Literary Criticism
