Framed in language socialization theory, this study examines the longitudinal cohesive device development of an ESL Chinese graduate student over time during his discourse socialization by focusing on his oral presentations through a systemic functional linguistics approach. The study found that the participant improved in his use of textual resources as he continued his discourse socialization...

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) are developing branches of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction in Iran. These branches have a marginal status in the tertiary education, and the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology’s high commission offers no clear guidance for selecting and developing basic academic instructional materials related...

abstract this study focuses on realizations and discourse functions of the organizational linkers in the writing of research article abstracts from four disciplines. to this end, 120 research article abstracts from four disciplines namely, applied linguistics, economics, agriculture, and applied physics (30 from each discipline) were selected. all research article abstracts were extracted from ...

the implicit rhetorical features of academic writing which has so far eluded a comprehensive systematic characterization have made teaching it a challenging task for a large group of practitioners in academic setting. one such feature of academic writing susceptible to cultural mentalities is metadiscourse marking, which is supposed to be one of the important rhetorical aspects in the writing p...

Academic discourse has always been the focus of many linguists, especially those who have been involved with English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and discourse analysis. Persuasion, as part of rhetorical structure of academic writing, is partly achieved by employing modality markers.  Adopting a descriptive design, the present study was carried out to compare the use of modality markers in terms...

In this report, I will survey the dominant theories employed in the academic subdiscipline of business ethics, describing and critiquing each one. By “theories” I mean not only the various philosophical approaches which inform discourse and research in this field, but also the alternative paradigms to which those approaches pertain according to the following schema. I will adopt for this survey...

Academic wiring is one of the essential skills in academic writing, and it vital to support students' self-development through opinion grant essay writing others. This study explores difficulties English essays dominant challenges by using a mix-method approach. The qualitative used collect data, while quantitative find difficulty percentage—the data analysis uses indicators from Brown (1999). ...

action research is an attempt to seek immediate solutions to the problems experienced in educational settings. in this type of research, teachers are the researchers who intend to make instant reforms to develop, and improve their teaching styles and reflect on pedagogical practices. the purpose of this study was to conduct an action research to tackle the problem of students' low motivation in...