One of the distinguishing features of advanced-level L2 learners is that they can “direct their writing to specific audiences, and they demonstrate an ability to alter style, tone, and format according to the specific requirements of the discourse” (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2001, p. 2) and use “language flexibly and effectively for social purposes, including emotio...

the fundamental role of discourse and its positive and negative effects in personal and social interactions is known to everyone. this is why religions and denominations have always relied on discourse, especially when it is beyond the boundaries of personal concerns and by the expansion of its domain, have stressed on the vital position and particular role of discourse in the fate of humanity....

The burgeoning gendered terms and the derogatory languages that underpin patriarchy on Chinese social media emerge as an encumbrance to development of women’s discourse which is plagued with alienation. Given this, this paper reviews recent research progress into alienation media, manifest representations produced by language seek possible solutions for constructing healthy discourse. Through a...

In adopting the medical lobby's preferred definition of collaboration where midwives are legally compelled to seek endorsement for their care plan from an obstetrician, Determination 2010 connotes a form of militarized collaboration and thus negates all that genuine collaboration stands for--equality, mutual trust and reciprocal respect. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, the first half of this...

Adopting a historical perspective, this paper examines the ideological and philosophical antecedents of current popular management approaches which advocate programs of workplace empowerment that are enacted through the implementation of teamwork. These approaches frequently assume that a propensity toward teamwork is an essential characteristic of ‘human nature’. It is argued that this is an i...

Organizations adopt enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to improve information exchange across the enterprise. Research continues to show that adopting organizations do not achieve the intended objectives with the acquisition of such packages. Studies are needed to understand factors – contingent or otherwise – that may help increase knowledge in the area. This study was designed to cont...

This paper provides an exploratory dimension to the current smart city discussion by regarding the smart city as a heterotopia space – a space of otherness. By adopting a Foucauldian approach, this paper briefly describes the ‘discursive formation’ of the smart city by analysing its ‘surfaces of emergence’, ‘authorities of delimitation’, and ‘grids of specification’, in order to capture the sma...

This study explored college students’ knowledge of discourse markers (DMs hereinafter) and the development in raising their awareness competence by adopting a genre-based approach (GBA to eliminate inappropriate use certain DMs. The participants were 28 freshman students with an English proficiency at Common European Framework Reference for Languages (CEFR B2 level. A pre- post-test design was ...

The involuntary loss of employment has been shown to deteriorate subjective well-being. Adopting a cross-cultural perspective on Jahoda's (1982) deprivation model this study examines several latent and manifest benefits of work that were expected to mediate the effects of employment status on well-being. It was hypothesized that in more collectivistic societies the decline in subjective well-be...

The concept of an “innovation system” has become used increasingly in current science policy discourse as a metaphor to indicate the need for a much wider perspective on relevant decision-making procedures than has been the case in the past. This paper explores its use from the standpoint of the behaviour of an international agricultural research institute located in Africa and focused on two v...