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Nurie, Yenus – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Supervisors' feedback can be taken as the most powerful pedagogical tool in thesis writing. However, relatively little is known about the type of information supervisors focus on and the language functions supervisors use to communicate with their students. Data collected from eight supervisors' written feedback to students' theses at Bahir Dar…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Masters Theses
Bére-ová, Jana – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The approach to language learning as a way of coming to understand target culture and its impact on target language is reflected in the concept of teaching and learning languages through the integration of intercultural capabilities. The concept will be supported by a number of examples taken from authentic materials language learners have…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Academic Discourse, Instructional Materials
Kitajima, Ryu – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Corpus linguistics identifies the qualitative difference in the characteristics of spoken discourse vs. written academic discourse. Whereas spoken discourse makes greater use of finite dependent clauses functioning as constituents in other clauses, written academic discourse incorporates noun phrase constituents and complex phrases. This claim can…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Protocol Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Second Language Learning
Uçar, Serpil; Yükselir, Ceyhun – English Language Teaching, 2017
This research was conducted to investigate how frequently Turkish advanced learners of English use the logical connector "thus" in their academic prose and to investigate whether it was overused, underused or misused semantically in comparison to English native speakers. The data were collected from three corpora; Corpus of Contemporary…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mehta, Sandhya Rao; Al-Mahrooqi, Rahma – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2015
While thinking critically is often perceived to be the primary purpose of reading, the question of whether it can actually be taught in classrooms has been extensively debated. This paper bases itself on a qualitative case study of university students completing a degree in English Language and Literature. It explores the way in which critical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kobayashi, Yuichiro; Abe, Mariko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2016
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of learners' L1s and proficiency levels on their written production. This study also examined the influence of speech upon their writing. The following research questions were explored: (a) How do L1 and proficiency levels of learners affect their degrees of register awareness? (b)…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Saeeaw, Supachai; Tangkiengsirisin, Supong – English Language Teaching, 2014
Abstract is of a pivotal genre in scientific communication, assisting not only highly selective readers with judgment of the pertinent articles but also researchers in disseminating new knowledge and intellectual discoveries. Difficult yet challenging, however, is the task of writing effective abstracts particularly among non-English speaking…
Descriptors: Documentation, Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Akbas, Erdem, Ed.; Hatipoglu, Ciler, Ed.; Bayyurt, Yasemin, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This is the book of abstracts for the conference held in 2017 entitled: ''METADISCOURSE ACROSS GENRES: MAPPING INTERACTION IN SPOKEN & WRITTEN DISCOURSES'', also known as MAG2017. The 1st International Conference on Metadiscourse Across Genres took place in METU Northern Cyprus Campus, Cyprus between 30 March-1 April 2017 with the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Written Language, Discourse Analysis, Computational Linguistics
Scott Baker; Nonie Lesaux; Madhavi Jayanthi; Joseph Dimino; C. Patrick Proctor; Joan Morris; Russell Gersten; Kelly Haymond; Michael J. Kieffer; Sylvia Linan-Thompson; Rebecca Newman-Gonchar – What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
As English learners face the double demands of building knowledge of a second language while learning complex grade-level content, teachers must find effective ways to make challenging content comprehensible for students. This updated English learner practice guide, "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy
Luna, Rosa Munoz – Online Submission, 2010
The following article aims to revisit Selinker's theory of Interlanguage by analysing a group of undergraduates' written scripts in L2. The initial outcomes of the study establish a linguistic parallelism between students' Interlingua and English as a lingua franca in the academic world. In the light of this comparison, certain theoretical…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, English for Academic Purposes, Academic Discourse, Language Patterns
Simpson-Vlach, Rita; Ellis, Nick C. – Applied Linguistics, 2010
This research creates an empirically derived, pedagogically useful list of formulaic sequences for academic speech and writing, comparable with the Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000), called the Academic Formulas List (AFL). The AFL includes formulaic sequences identified as (i) frequent recurrent patterns in corpora of written and spoken language,…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Speech, Written Language, Oral Language
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

Kaplan, Robert B.; Grabe, William – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2002
Analyzes written discourse that explores the actual structuring of text via some consistent framework. Highlights efforts to find the structures and linguistic patterns in texts that contribute to how they are understood, interpreted, and used. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Hermeneutics, Rhetoric
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

Flowerdew, Lynne – TESOL Quarterly, 2003
Reports on research describing similarities and differences between expert and novice writing in the problem-solution pattern, a frequent rhetorical pattern of technical academic writing. A corpus of undergraduate student writing and one containing professional writing consisted of 80 and 60 recommendation reports, respectively, with each corpus…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College Students, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language)
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