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Songcun Zhang; Zuwati Hasim – SAGE Open, 2023
With the internationalization of higher education, more Chinese students are pursuing their postgraduate study in English-medium instruction (EMI) institutions abroad. Related studies have mostly investigated EMI policies and implementation and students' attitudes; however, they have not examined how Chinese students cope in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Coping
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Yan Li; Hong Lei – SAGE Open, 2025
As a key component of fluent linguistic production, multi-word sequences called lexical bundles are considered an important distinguishing feature of discourse in different registers, genres, and disciplines. They are also an important aspect of empirically correct and proficient language use in a corpus of natural language because they enable…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Saeed, Murad Abdu; Al Qunayeer, Huda Suleiman; AL-Jaberi, Musheer Abdulwahid – SAGE Open, 2021
Despite the emphasis on effective supervisory feedback formulation on postgraduates' academic writing, our understanding of effective feedback forms may not be comprehensive without mentoring students' responses to feedback. Therefore, the current case study explores feedback formulation on research proposal writing and two postgraduates'…
Descriptors: Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Supervisors, Graduate Students, Student Reaction
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Juliana Othman; Yueh Yea Lo – SAGE Open, 2023
This study aimed to explore the experiences of Chinese EFL doctoral students in constructing their academic identities through critical argumentation in their thesis writing in an English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) context. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Narrative analysis was used to examine…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Doctoral Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Can Xiao; Xinzhong Chen – SAGE Open, 2023
Despite several attempts made to analyze students' socialization into academic discourse in relevant reviews, we still lack a topical study providing an overview of how students are apprenticed into academic communities through oral activities at post-secondary institutions. This study aims at contributing to a comprehensive overview of both…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Socialization, Self Concept, Oral Language
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Zhao, Jun; Liu, Yingliang – SAGE Open, 2021
Effective authorial voice in academic writing helps researchers establish the value of their scholarly contributions. However, constructing an authorial voice is challenging for many novice L2 writers. Through tracking multiple drafts of master's theses written by two Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) graduate students, this case study…
Descriptors: Authors, Writing (Composition), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction