Research article (RA) abstracts constitute an important genre in higher education. Previous research on the RA abstract has often combined from journals same discipline, with view of revealing possible intra/inter-disciplinary, cross-linguistic, cross-cultural, etc. variations. The present study analysed empirical TESOL Quarterly, a well-recognised journal Applied Linguistics, their rhetorical ...

This study investigates the impact of online learning on postgraduate students’ academic performance, which is reflected in their GPA. A survey questionnaire was used to gather quantitative data from 36 participants. The were analyzed using SPSS. results show that there a statistically significant difference between face-to-face and learning, has an MA TESOL performance Saudi EFL context. Based...

Abstract This study investigates the idea that knowledge of specialist subject vocabulary can make a significant and measurable impact on academic performance, separate from additional to general knowledge. It tests suggestion Hyland Tse (TESOL Quarterly, 41:235–253, 2007) should be given more attention in teaching. Three types knowledge, general, business factors, are tested against GPA module...