Published in Research in Language
The article presents the study of the influence of professional competence of EFL learners on their academic writing. The task was approached through analyzing learners’ competence in specific knowledge domains - knowledge of terms and specific concepts, represented as conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphor models were analyzed in the English wr...
Published in Prague Journal of English Studies
The aim of this corpus-based study is to identify the functions that selected expressions of futurality can express in professional economic texts. The classification of functions is established on the corpus of seven economic books. Excerpted instances of futural constructions are analysed with respect to textual and interpersonal functions as def...
El objetivo de este estudio es analizar el uso correcto de los rasgos lingüísticos característicos del IPA (pasivización, uso frecuente de grupos nominales, preeminencia de ciertas formas verbales y modalidad), por parte del alumnado de ingeniería industrial de la UPM, en función de sus niveles de competencia lingüística del MCER, entre A2 y C1. Me...
The purpose of this study is to analyse the competent use of EAP linguistic features (passive voice, use of nominal groups, typical verb forms, and modality), by the Technical University of Madrid engineering students, in relation to their CEFR competence levels, from A2 to C1. The results obtained with the STATGRAPHICS programme serve to identify ...
Published in Yearbook of Phraseology
Although recorded lectures are frequently used in EAP listening courses, the use of formulaic language in EAP listening material has been largely overlooked. This article reports the results of a study on the frequency and use of phraseology for discourse organization in recorded English for Academic Purposes (EAP) lectures and authentic lectures. ...
Published in Asia Pacific Education Review
Internationalization of educational publishing promises fresh perspectives and new solutions—but not if US-based editors, reviewers, and readers fail to recognize the significance of research conducted outside the USA. This essay explores the concept of “significance” in the context of peer review of journal articles, and explains why US-based revi...
Published in Journal of English for Academic Purposes
•Analysis of configurations of language resources functional to disciplinary content.•Move from no logical markings to elaboration with subordination and embedding.•Increase in use in evaluation and expansion to reach reasoned conclusions.•Expansion of evaluative resources (e.g. attitudinal lexis, modality) and reference.•Study shows the dynamic an...
Published in Journal of English for Academic Purposes
•Genre determines formulaic language choices in both L1 and L2 academic writing.•L2 English writers exhibit an ample repertoire of L1 English formulaic sequences.•L2 formulaicity is not fully native-like as it shows a small amount of L1 transfer.•Bundle usage conveys different pragmatic meanings in L1 and L2 English texts.•I discuss implications re...
Published in English for Specific Purposes
I mean typically marks the introduction of modifications or adjustments in discourse, including self-repair, which seems to be especially prevalent in ELF. The role of I mean in academic ELF speech has been recently investigated by Kaur (2011). Kaur focuses on academic dialogue and self-repair roles. However, I mean has been found to be a rather sp...
First year students pursuing engineering education face problems with their listening skills. Most of the Indian schools use a bilingual method for teaching subjects from primary school through high school. Nonetheless, students entering university education develop anxiety in listening to classroomlectures in English. This article reports an explo...
