Showing papers in "English for Specific Purposes in 1999"

TL;DR: The authors explored the notion of writer identity in academic essays by focusing on first person pronouns, arguably the most visible manifestation of a writer's presence in a text, and set up a typology of six different identities behind the first person pronoun in academic writing.

TL;DR: This article conducted an empirical study of the use of personal pronouns in scientific journal articles and found that first-person plural pronouns are used far more frequently than other types of pronouns, indicating that they can have a number of semantic references and perform multiple functions in the journal article.

TL;DR: This paper explored the role of university textbooks in students acquisition of a specialised disciplinary literacy, focusing on the use of metadiscourse as a manifestation of the writers linguistic and rhetorical presence in a text.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the IMRD (introduction-methods-results-discussion) pattern cannot be applied to research articles in computer science systematically.

TL;DR: In this article, a sample of 34 proposals from European Union (EU) research grant applications written mainly by Finnish-led research teams was used to identify ten recurrent moves in the proposals, reflecting the generic affinity of grant proposals to both academic research papers and promotional genres.

TL;DR: In this article, a research study conducted in an Indonesian university to estimate the English vocabulary knowledge of a large sample of first-year students was conducted. But only a small proportion of the students came close to the threshold, in terms of breadth and depth of knowledge.

TL;DR: This analysis suggests that commercial e-mail messages in this data appear to follow the normal conventions for standard written business English and that some users may view the medium as a pseudo-conversational form of communication, conducted in extended time and with an absent interlocutor.

TL;DR: This paper investigated the use of metatext by 13 Hong Kong research students to orient and guide their readers through their PhD theses, using a corpus of over 3000 pages and 6 million words.

TL;DR: A modified version of the rhetorical categories proposed by Brett (1994) for the Results section of sociology articles was applied to eight medical research articles to determine how the model might be used pedagogically with undergraduate students of medicine as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The authors used qualitative techniques in NA for hotel maids, using participant observation, unstructured interviews, and questionnaires were used; sources were hotel maid, supervisors, the executive housekeeper, and a human resources staff member.

TL;DR: This paper explored cultural factors that lie behind silence or reticence and suggested pedagogical directions which course planners, academic advisers and language teacher could follow to help students to realise their potential for active and equal participation and also help the academics who teach them to understand more clearly the difficulties they face.

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that in medical discourse hedging can also be applied frequently in less specialized ESP texts such as popular scientific articles, but in different communicative functions than in specialist discourse.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a survey with 349 medical students and 20 faculty at Chung Shan Medical College in Taichung, Taiwan and found that the importance of English language use in students studies and their future careers, basic English skills needed in a freshman English course, and suggestions for developing an English language curriculum.

TL;DR: The diachronic evolution observed in the use and frequency of reference patterns over the 185 years studied reflects the conceptual shift from anon-professionalized, privately and individually-based medicine to a professionalized and specialized medicine, a technology-oriented medical research and a highly structured scientificcommunity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how NNS students at a US college respond to institutional and professorial control, and investigate power relations in a paired EAP psychology course, including the role of coverage of lecture and textbook material in regulating teaching and learning.

TL;DR: Assessment and training in English for Medical Purposes and English for Specific Purposes by professionals is recommended because demonstrated proficiency in English, patient satisfaction and faculty and colleague evaluation of IMGs were shown to be related to English language skills.

TL;DR: In this paper, a data-driven description of student-led discussion in seminars on a MBA course is presented, using evidence from a small corpus of academic seminars, data is presented to illustrate some language features in student-Led talk, which are then considered in relation to syllabus content.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how they developed and modified their initial plans for programme delivery, took into account a number of contextual constraints, and attempted to apply a theoretical framework focusing on reflection within a broad genre-based approach.

TL;DR: This article described and analyzed selected lexical, discourse and stylistic elements of English in international management, essential for the identification of management and the manager, in order to identify the social identity of managers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe three activities that formed part of an action research project carried out in advanced EAP classes, and evaluate the usefulness of academic journalogs as used in these classes.

TL;DR: The authors described and analyzed selected lexical, discourse and stylistic elements of English in international management, essential for the identification of management and the manager, in order to identify the social identity of managers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the discursive practices surrounding bar-based male sex work in Bangkok, Thailand and explore the implications for promoting safe sex behaviours among homosexually active men.

TL;DR: The purpose of this article is to introduce readers to a number of locations on the World Wide Web, linked groups of electronic documents known as sites, which are virtual environments relevant to the demands of the ESP classroom.