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Zare, Javad; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
This study was an attempt to investigate the functions of personal metadiscursive expressions found in academic monologues and dialogues. The analysis was based on verbal data of 16 academic lectures and discussions. Based on Ädel's (2010) taxonomy of the subtypes and discourse functions of metadiscourse, the two data sets were compared in terms…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Lecture Method
Medimorec, Srdan; Pavlik, Philip I., Jr.; Olney, Andrew; Graesser, Arthur C.; Risko, Evan F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Recent studies have used Coh-Metrix, an automated text analyzer, to assess differences in language characteristics across different genres and academic disciplines (Graesser, McNamara, & Kulikowich, 2011; McNamara, Graesser, McCarthy, & Cai, 2014). Coh-Metrix analyzes text on many constructs at different levels, including Word Concreteness…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Lecture Method, Oral Language, Language Usage
Otaala, Laura A.; Plattner, Ilse E. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
In many African countries, English is the medium of instruction in higher education even though students may not always be entirely familiar with "standard" English. This study aimed at investigating the relevance of English language competencies for teaching and learning from the perspective of students and lecturers. The study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
Lessard-Clouston, Michael – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2010
This article presents a descriptive case study on the use of technical vocabulary in the lectures of a first-year graduate theology course in Canada. It first contextualizes this research by noting four kinds of English vocabulary and the study of classrooms as lexical environments. Next it outlines the study's methodology, including the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Philosophy