Macro plus micro approach to English academic writing

Analyzing the micro coherence in English writing and implications for the teaching of English writing

Based on LSA’s (Latent Semantic Analysis) measuring textual coherence and Halliday and Hasan’s cohesive concepts and their categorization of cohesive devices, this paper analyzes coherent relatedness and cohesive devices of 100 Chinese students’ English writings. The results indicate that (1) LSA is proved to be an objective and appropriate method in measuring the textual coherence, and (2) clo...

The ‘Other’ English: Thoughts on EAP and Academic Writing

How to improve writing English articles

Introduction: One of the sections that readily captures the attention of readers of scientific articles is the title, but unfortunately, some authors, although being competent in writing the main content of the article, and considering the matters related to the writing style, mostly lack the skill required to couch the title in an attractive way. Methods: In this article, using three decades ...

How to improve English articles writing methods

Introduction: Today, English and its use as an international language is agreed upon by all, and a wealth of scientific articles written every day in the whole world is in English. The purpose of this study is to project some commonly used grammatical points that native speakers of Persian, unfortunately, do not follow or do not have adequate knowledge to use when writing in English, but this s...

Interfaces of Macro and Microstructure in Academic Writing: The Case of Research Article Abstracts

Abstract Although flourishing research has been devoted to research on article abstracts, more studies are needed to unpack the relationship between rhetorical moves and their associated linguistic and rhetorical features (e.g., metadiscourse). To underpin this relationship, the current study analyzed a total of 60 research article abstracts written in English by two cultural groups in three di...