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Asghar, Zobina Muhammad; Mahmood, Muhammad Asim; Asghar, Samina Ali – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper studies the generic move structure of the blurbs of Electronic Socio-romantic novels published in Pakistan. It explores the move schema, the number of moves and their order in different blurbs. It also observes the most focused and the most neglected move in these blurbs. 20 book blurbs have been collected from online source and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Novels, Electronic Publishing, Text Structure
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Wei, Jing – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The Theme is a major aspect of how speakers construct their messages in a way which makes them fit smoothly into the unfolding language event. Thematic choice provides clues as to how English learners organize information and shape their texts. Previous studies reveal that English learners deviated from English native speakers in their thematic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Discourse, Instructional Effectiveness