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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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Enhancing aviation English competency: A simulation-based approach for aspiring pilots 提高航空英语能力：针对有抱负的飞行员的模拟方法

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.08.001

Gökhan Demirdöken, Derin Atay

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English needs analysis of food & beverage employees: A case study of a 5-star resort in Vietnam 餐饮员工英语需求分析：越南五星级度假村案例研究

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.07.001

Phuong Bui Thi , Ying-Hsueh Cheng

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A corpus-based multi-dimensional analysis of the linguistic features of Aviation English 基于语料库的航空英语语言特点多维分析

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.05.004

Wen Zhao

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