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“How can I add an argument appropriately in English?” Addition markers in Chinese L1 and English L1 university student writing "如何用英语恰当地添加论据？中文母语和英文母语大学生写作中的加分标记

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101332

Chao Han , Sheena Gardner

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EAP practitioners' assessment behavior: Bringing the hidden-away to light EAP从业者的评估行为:揭开隐藏的面纱

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101321

Parisa Karimpour, Farhad Mazlum

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JEAP News-Greetings from the BALEAP SIG Officer JEAP 新闻--来自 BALEAP 小组官员的问候

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101331

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ISBN: 978 - 0472039128。29.95美元《研究生作家:有效学术写作的原则、策略和习惯》，瑞秋·凯利，密歇根大学出版社(2023)，236页

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101329

Xiatinghan Xu, Mary Jane Curry

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Materials for an oral presentations class on gesture: Navigating a visual with your audience 手势口语课堂的材料:引导你的观众的视觉

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101328

Simon Harrison

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A diachronic study of authorial stance in the discussion of Chinese MA theses and published research articles 中国硕士论文与发表研究论文讨论中的作者立场历时性研究

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2023-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101320

Jianping Xie , Jingwen Xie , Gavin Bui

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Investigating student difficulties in English-medium secondary classes: A functional linguist and a science educator in collaboration 调查学生在以英语为媒介的中学课堂上的困难:一个功能语言学家和一个科学教育家的合作

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101315

Corinne Maxwell-Reid, Kwok-chi Lau

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2023-11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101319

Xiaolong Cheng, Yan Liu, Zhe Wang

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A corpus-based study of signalling nouns in marketing and economics research articles 基于语料库的市场营销和经济学研究论文中信号名词研究

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101318

Hongmiao Gao , Chunmei Lu , Chunyu Hu

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Journal of English for Academic Purposes Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101312

Ali Derakhshan, Javad Zare

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