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Othman Khalid Al-Shboul; Nisreen Naji Al-Khawaldeh; Hady J. Hamdan; Sami Al-Khawldeh – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This paper examined two poems: 'Winter' by Anne Hunter and 'Against Winter' by Charles Simic from a stylistic perspective. It conducted a stylistic analysis to elucidate how the poets' intended meanings are constructed in an effective manner through the principles of 'foregrounding': linguistic deviation, linguistic parallelism, and informality,…
Descriptors: Authors, Poets, Poetry, English (Second Language)
Vicent Beltrán-Palanques – TESOL Journal, 2024
Professional and academic communication is changing rapidly due to the evolution of new technologies. In the context of language teaching, this scenario offers possibilities for genre innovation (Hafner & Miller, 2018) while also encouraging teachers' reflection on how to best prepare students for effective communication. To this end, it has…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Koonnala, Pristsana; Chaiwong, Napasporn – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
This study examines the persuasive English language in MasterClass's video advertisements. An analysis framework was formed using twenty-four techniques to identify persuasive language, and the purposes of using different techniques in one hundred and forty-one MasterClass's video scripts. The analysis included identifying the primary argument of…
Descriptors: Advertising, Video Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Teaching Figures of Speech as a Productive Skill and Its Influence on EFL Learners' Creative Writing
Jaashan, Hasan Mohammed Saleh – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
Richards (2015) states that receptive competence is far more developed in all language users than productive competence and that in L2 learning, new lexis first shows as passive knowledge and later as active or productive competence. Moreover, productive competence is not a natural corollary to receptive competence; rather, the former requires…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ondrej Klabal – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
This paper is based within the framework of step-by-step approach to teaching legal translation. The underlying philosophy behind this approach is that when specific aspects of legal translations are tackled in isolation and trainees become aware of the pitfalls involved and the possible solutions, this helps them in further training as well as in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Translation, Syntax, Second Languages
Ai Nhan Nguyen; Tuan Van Vu; Thuy Thanh Le – International Journal of Language Education, 2025
Legal language is characterized by its specialized lexicology, often formed through derivational processes such as affixation, nominalization, and semantic derivation, making legal texts more challenging to understand. This research examined how university students majoring in legal English linguistics recognize, interpret, and manage the…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Laws, Language Styles, Lexicology
Pong-ampai Kongcharoen; Jiraporn Dhanarattigannon; Intira Bumrungsalee – rEFLections, 2025
In recent years, there has been a growing trend of using informal styles in academic writing, including research articles. To examine the degree of formality in students' writing, this corpus-based study aimed to analyze the formal linguistic features in the academic writing assignments of English-major students at a Thai university. The learner…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Essays, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)
Noah Katznelson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Neoliberalism has become the hegemonic rationality of our time, framing nearly every aspect of our social world in terms of competition. This dissertation sheds light on neoliberal infiltration and naturalization within the field of language education through three distinct but interrelated papers. "In Discourses of Dual Language Bilingual…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kuzmenkova, Julia; Erykina, Maria – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2022
Contemporary EAP research and teaching academics constantly elaborate new and better methods and re-evaluate those in use to facilitate students' academic growth. The article considers some options for teaching EAP to undergraduates highlighting the results of the experimental study conducted in the context of higher education in Russia and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, English for Academic Purposes, Undergraduate Students
Ros-Abaurrea, Alejandro – Hispania, 2023
The present article aims to spur interest in the pedagogical potential of translating musicalized texts, a genre that for a long time has remained on the periphery of Applied Translation Studies. First, it provides a broad overview of the various theoretical perspectives that the academic community has had throughout history on the translation of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Music, Language Processing, Second Language Learning
Ryshina-Pankova, Marianna; McKnight, Douglas C. – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2023
While the multiliteracies framework proposed two decades ago has had a considerable effect on the field of second language (L2) teaching and learning, its successful implementation has been found challenging, both on the conceptual and practical levels. In this paper, we discuss the main hurdles of putting the approach into practice and argue for…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multiple Literacies
Zhang, Yuan – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
This paper investigates optimal practices for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, situated within the context of adult learning theories, with a specific focus on adopting Vygotsky's sociocultural perspective. The examination delves into the theory of genre and its role in constructing meaning within cultural and social contexts, exploring its…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese, Teaching Methods
Grant Eckstein; Lisa Bell – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
First-year composition courses must balance a range of writing instruction priorities including genre and audience awareness with language instruction, particularly for second-language writers. Despite the attested efficacy of "dynamic" written corrective feedback for language gains in intensive English programs, little research has…
Descriptors: Syntax, Writing Instruction, Intervention, Error Correction
Alba Garcia Alonso – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Leveraging the effectiveness of Concept-Based Language Instruction (C-BLI) in language teaching and learning, including in the teaching of specific linguistic features of target languages (Negueruela, 2003; Van Compernolle, 2012), pragmatic elements such as sarcasm (Kim & Lantolf, 2018), and even discipline-specific concepts (e.g., Casal,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning
Jaafar, Eman Adil – Arab World English Journal, 2022
This study aims at shedding light on the linguistic significance of collocation networks in the academic writing context. Following Firth's principle "You shall know a word by the company it keeps." The study intends to examine three selected nodes (i.e. research, study, and paper) shared collocations in an academic context. This is…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Periodicals