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Showing 1 to 20 of 133 for “"Applied Linguistics"”.
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A Corpus-Driven Study of Discourse Communities in Applied Linguistics in Turkiye and the United States
… of writer identity through stance markers in applied linguistics theses from the United States and Turkiye, adopting a corpus-driven approach. Drawing on 200 theses (100 from each discourse community), the research reveals how the linguistic features reflect the diverse academic conventions of …
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New knowledge claims in discussions in applied linguistics research articles: a contrastive investigation of Indonesian and international journals
… Journals publishing in the field of Applied Linguistics.<br/><br/>Bringing together two established and complementary frameworks of genre analysis (Swales 1990, 2004) and the engagement system of Martin and White’s (2005) appraisal framework, the research provides a textual analysis …
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Evaluative meanings and disciplinary values: a corpus-based study of adjective patterns in research articles in applied linguistics and business studies
… focus of the study will be on two ‘soft-applied’ disciplines (Becher and Trowler 2001), applied linguistics and business studies, as represented by two corpora of research articles drawn from 16 leading journals in each field. Comparison of the results for each corpus shows that there are …
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Contemporary linguistic theory and stylistic analysis
… of the requirements for the degree of M.A. in applied Linguistics(with special reference to teaching English as a foreign language)
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Assessing patterns of language use and identity among Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town
… out in the wider and interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics with focus on the specific domain of sociolinguistics.
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Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital
… This thesis falls into the broad area of applied linguistics, in the field of medical communication. The central problem which I investigate is the imperfect communication that takes place between largely English-speaking doctors and largely Xhosa-speaking parents. Some of the problems …
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Teacher Autonomy in Turkish Lower Secondary Schools, in Relation to English Language Teaching: A Mixed Methods Study
… been a topic of great interest in the field of applied linguistics for language learning and teaching. However, the research to date on the subject has been mostly restricted to the exercise of autonomy by teachers within their classrooms. Schools are large social organisations and language …
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A cross-disciplinary genre analysis of conference presentations by novice and expert presenters
… of conference presentations in two disciplines: Applied Linguistics and Computing. It also explores differences in the delivery of conference presentations with respect to the aforementioned macro and micro-level features by novices (postgraduate students) and experts (faculty members) in the two …
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La enseñanza de español como lengua de herencia a estudiantes universitarios en Estados Unidos: necesidades lingüísticas, sociolingüísticas y afectivas, y propuestas pedagógicas
… alojados en la base de datos del Center for Applied Linguistics) y un posterior análisis cualitativo, donde profundizar en las técnicas y decisiones curriculares adoptadas
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It Takes Two: a Study of Meaning Negotiation and Multimodal Communication in Collaborative Gaming
… during collaborative gaming. It draws on applied linguistics (Smith, 2003; Varoni & Gass, 1985) and gesture studies (Norris, 2004). Data collection includes screen recordings, audio recordings, and video recordings of participants engaged in cooperative gameplay. The findings reveal that …
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Web-based, speech-enabled games for vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language
… in a foreign language. While research in the applied linguistics field of second language acquisition (SLA) increasingly suggests that students of a foreign language should learn through meaningful interactions carried out in that language, teachers are rarely equipped with tools that allow …
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A Chronotopic Investigation of International Students’ Multilingual Identity (Re)construction in In-Person and Blended Study Abroad Contexts
… growing recognition of the multilingual turn in applied linguistics, little is known about how international students construct and reconfigure their MI across different SA formats, or how temporal and spatial dynamics shape this process. To address this gap, this study investigates how …
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Proměny motivace k učení se češtině: pohled studentů v kurzech češtiny při studijním pobytu v ČR
… theoretical frameworks of motivation in applied linguistics from a historical perspective, including the L2 motivational self-system (L2MSS) chosen for the empirical part. Secondly, study abroad as a language learning context is described, and literature on motivation to learn L2 in this …
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Stories from the ̶p̶e̶r̶i̶p̶h̶e̶r̶y̶ Centre: Counter-narratives of Anglophone Caribbean Teachers on the Permanence of Racism in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Industry
… It is one of the first attempts in the field of applied linguistics to explore the lived experiences of Anglophone Caribbean teachers with racisms in the TESOL industry. Synergising Critical Race Theory, the polarising theoretical lens that views racism as being an ontological affirmation (Bell, …
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Discourse structure as the scaffolding of stance structure : developments of a central concept in a central site of discursive interaction in bioethics
… analysis that draws on methods developed in applied linguistics, concerning evaluative or stance-taking language and on the discourse or rhetorical structure of expository texts, was used in pursuing an answer to the question. Between the first and seventh editions, the core of Beauchamp and …
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Disponibilidad y riqueza léxica en un grupo de estudiantes universitarios italianos de ELE
This thesis, framed within the areas of Applied Linguistics and Didactics of Spanish, investigates lexical availability and lexical richness in a group of Italian university students learning Spanish as a FL. The theoretical framework consists of Proyecto Panhispánico de Disponibilidad Léxica, …
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