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Genre learning from the EAP class to undergraduate research symposiums 从 EAP 课到本科生研究专题讨论会的体裁学习

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.10.004

Xiaoqiong You , Xiaoye You

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Verbal-visual skill-building and perceptional changes in English presentation 英语演讲中的语言-视觉技能培养和感知变化

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.10.002

Wen-Chun Chen

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Guiding and engaging the audience: Visual metadiscourse in PowerPoint slides of Three Minute Thesis presentations 引导并吸引听众：三分钟论文演讲 PowerPoint 幻灯片中的视觉元话语

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.10.003

Yuanyuan Ma, Feng Kevin Jiang

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Lexical coverage in science popularization discourse: The case of popular science news from Scientific American 科学普及话语中的词汇覆盖：科学美国人》的科普新闻案例

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.10.001

Hong Yu , Ju Wen

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.09.003

Wenfeng Wang

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.09.002

Enyao Li

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Artificial Intelligence for Academic Purposes (AIAP): Integrating AI literacy into an EAP module 学术用途人工智能（AIAP）：将人工智能扫盲纳入 EAP 模块

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.09.001

Thu Ngan Ngo , David Hastie

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Cohesion in the discussion section of research articles: A cross-disciplinary investigation 研究文章讨论部分的凝聚力：跨学科调查

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.08.004

Seyyed Ehsan Golparvar , Guangwei Hu , Seyedeh Elaheh Seyedi

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.08.003

Yanli ZOU

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English language needs of Iranian students of civil engineering: Are the courses aligned with workplace needs? 伊朗土木工程专业学生的英语语言需求：课程是否符合工作场所的需求？

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.08.002

Nooshin Nateghian

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