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Chunmei Chen; Qingshun He – SAGE Open, 2024
Metaphor of modality in the Hallidayan linguistic framework is manifested through a transition from implicit modal expressions to explicit modal expressions, encompassing metaphor of modalization and metaphor of modulation. This article conducts a corpus-based investigation to examine the prevalence of metaphors of modalization in English academic…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics
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Lee, Tim S. O.; Lin, Linda H. F. – SAGE Open, 2022
Despite postgraduates' struggles to master English academic writing, the fulfilment of postgraduates' motivational needs in classes of English academic writing has been scarcely researched. This study examines the motivational practices of teachers of postgraduate English academic writing, the perceived effectiveness of the adopted strategies, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Doctoral Students, Academic Language, English (Second Language)
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Huashan Wu – SAGE Open, 2024
Multiple previous studies in language learning have examined the static effect of various independent variables on Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA), but little attention has been given to the dynamic features of these two learner emotions. The present study is based on a pseudo-longitudinal design to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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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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Shamsi, Ahmad Fawzi; Osam, Ulker Vanci – SAGE Open, 2022
Article publication as a requirement for graduation appears to be the most compelling challenge for doctoral candidates, especially for the non-English speaking ones. In order to contribute to this topic of growing interest, we aimed to investigate the key challenges to doctoral student research publication and develop an understanding of support…
Descriptors: Barriers, Writing for Publication, Publish or Perish Issue, Doctoral Students