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Jalilifar, Alireza; Montazeri, Ebtesam Abbasi – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
While identifying the generic structure of academic introductions has been the focus of extensive research over the last few decades, investigating some, if not all, of the available linguistic resources that realize the identified generic structures seems to have been largely under-focused. In order to shed light on the way that the communicative…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Language Usage
Hyytinen, Heidi; Löfström, Erika; Lindblom-Ylänne, Sari – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The present study aimed to identify difficulties in writing at the beginning of educational science programmes in the Finnish Open University by analysing the students' written argumentation and use of sources at the textual level. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The results showed that many students began their…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Academic Discourse, Open Universities, Qualitative Research
Starovoytova, Diana; Namango, Saul Sitati – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Undoubtedly, plagiarism has been a global concern, especially so, in institutions of higher learning. Furthermore, over the past decades, cases of student plagiarism, in higher education, have increased, substantially. This issue cannot be taken, without due consideration, and it is crucial for educators, and universities, at large, to find the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes
Hackney, S. E.; Handel, Dinah; Hezekiah, Bianca; Hochman, Jessica; Lau, Amy; Sula, Chris Alen – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper is based on statistical and qualitative analysis of library and information science (LIS) literature. Our study asks the question of whether, and if so, how, and how often, the discourse generated by scholarly literature in LIS engages discussion about identity in LIS, what topics are covered, and whether the articles engage praxis, or…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Professional Identity, Visualization, Library Science
Liqin, Yan; Xinlu, Gao – International Education Studies, 2014
Though textbooks are one of the main vocabulary input resources for domestic college students and core contents of learning and testing (Liu, 2013), few empirical studies are done to evaluate learning opportunities provided by textbooks. This empirical study is designed to analyze what learning opportunity is provided in a currently used series of…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Discourse Analysis, Content Analysis, Academic Discourse
Rabab'ah, Ghaleb A.; Rabab'ah, Bayan B.; Suleiman, Nour A. – Teaching English with Technology, 2016
This study seeks to examine the existence of Instant Messaging language phenomenon among female teenagers in some Jordanian private schools and its influence on their learning experience, mainly literacy. It also raises questions about the characteristics of textese as well as teachers' attitude towards their students' use of SMS language in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Females
Yang, Yu-Fen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Recognizing that graduate students seldom have the opportunity to participate collaboratively, either in providing or receiving feedback to improve their academic writing skills, this study reports on the design of a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) system used to investigate how graduate students transform and construct their…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Writing Processes, Graduate Students
Sprenger, Lori – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The investigated research problem was the need to identify the facilitators and barriers to competent academic writing by examining writing self-efficacy and academic writing experiences of entry-level BSN students. The study's participants included entry-level bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) students in a Midwestern state. The mixed methods…
Descriptors: Nursing, Nursing Students, Mixed Methods Research, Self Efficacy
Olsson, Anna; Sheridan, Vera – Written Communication, 2012
This empirical study surveyed academic staff at a Swedish university about their experiences and perceptions of the use of English in their academic fields. The objective was to examine how the influence of English in disciplinary domains might affect the viability of Swedish in the academic sphere and to investigate how it might disadvantage…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jaroongkhongdach, Woravut; Todd, Richard Watson; Keyuravong, Sonthida; Hall, David – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2012
This study seeks to explore potential problems of English Language Teaching (ELT) academics in Thailand in getting their research published in international journals. Using content analysis, the study analyzes and compares 100 research articles published by ELT academics in Thailand with 100 research articles published in international journals.…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Effect Size, Foreign Countries, Values