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Students’ attitudes towards accents in English-medium instruction: The role of cosmopolitan and motivation orientations 英语教学中学生对口音的态度：世界主义和动机导向的作用

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101330

Charlie Robinson-Jones , Joana Duarte , Dymphi van der Hoeven

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Citation choices in L2 novices' and experts’ literature review sections: A functional discourse analysis 中级语言新手和专家在文献综述部分的引文选择：功能性话语分析

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101361

Congjun Mu

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Stance-taking in peer reviewer and thesis examiner feedback on Iranian scholarly contributions 同行评审员和论文审查员对伊朗学术贡献的反馈意见中的立场取向

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101364

Hadi Kashiha

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101360

Ruijie Zhang

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“Writing by oneself is too lonely”: Understanding Chinese returnee scholars’ English collaborative writing experiences in academic publishing "一个人写作太孤独"：了解中国归国学者在学术出版中的英语合作写作经历

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101363

Fei Wang , Bin Ai , Alexander Kostogriz

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Assessing the impact of pre-lecture reading compliance on lecture comprehension in English-medium instruction courses 评估讲课前阅读达标对英语授课课程讲课理解的影响

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101367

Keith M. Graham

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Investigating Polish EHE teachers’ practices and beliefs. A survey-based analysis. 调查波兰高等教育教师的实践和信念。基于调查的分析。

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101354

Romuald Gozdawa-Gołębiowski , Małgorzata Foryś-Nogala , Magdalena Walenta

{"title":"Investigating Polish EHE teachers’ practices and beliefs. A survey-based analysis.","authors":"Romuald Gozdawa-Gołębiowski , Małgorzata Foryś-Nogala , Magdalena Walenta","doi":"10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101354","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of this research was to gain insights into the current state of English for Higher Education (EHE) teaching in Poland from the perspective of its key stakeholders – EHE teachers. A total of 128 EHE teachers employed in Polish universities participated in an online survey-based study that explored their self-reported practices and beliefs regarding various facets of teaching English at university level. On the one hand, the findings suggest that the participants place considerable emphasis on developing students' communicative and social skills as well as their lexical competence. On the other hand, the study also identified some language components that seem to receive insufficient attention in the classroom. In particular, pronunciation, academic writing, intercultural/pragmatic competence, and grammar are among the most neglected areas. The findings also confirm that EHE teachers are generally open to a shift from general to content-based English teaching in the academic setting and willing to incorporate innovative technological solutions into their teaching. Nevertheless, the data suggest that there is a lack of ready-made materials for teaching specialized English and a need for more institutional guidance and support for EHE teachers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English for Academic Purposes","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101354"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1475158524000225/pdfft?md5=3468bf8b51520cb66e7853b047cb5852&pid=1-s2.0-S1475158524000225-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140062616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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BALEAP news - Introduction to SIGs: Meet TELSIG, the Technology Enhanced Learning SIG BALEAP 新闻 - 小组介绍：认识技术强化学习小组 TELSIG

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101356

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Action and understanding in the semi-structured research interview: Using CA to analyse European research scientists’ attitudes to linguistic (dis)advantage 半结构式研究访谈中的行动与理解：使用 CA 分析欧洲研究科学家对语言（不）优势的态度

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101355

Frances Junnier

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Academic writing in English: Lessons from an EMI-program in Japan 英语学术写作：日本 EMI 项目的经验教训

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101358

Tiina Matikainen

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