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“Maybe, but probably not”: A cross-disciplinary study of negation in Three Minute Thesis presentations "也许是，但可能不是"：对 "三分钟论文 "中否定的跨学科研究

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.02.001

Shuyi Amelia Sun , Feng Kevin Jiang , Yanhua Liu

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Leveraging ESP teachers’ roles: EMI university teachers’ professional development in medical and healthcare fields 发挥 ESP 教师的作用：EMI 大学教师在医疗保健领域的专业发展

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.01.005

Yi-ping Huang , Lu-Chun Lin , Wenli Tsou

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Situating EAP learners in their disciplinary classroom: How Taiwanese engineering majors ‘read’ their textbooks 将英语语言学习者置于学科课堂中：台湾工程专业学生如何 "阅读 "教科书

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.01.003

Hsin-Ying Huang , David Wible

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Review of “Conducting genre-based research in applied linguistics: A methodological guide” 评论《在应用语言学中开展基于体裁的研究：| Conducting genre-based research in applied linguistics：方法论指南》，Matt Kessler、Charlene Polio（编），Routledge，纽约和伦敦（2024 年），39.16 美元（平装本），第 X+247 页，ISBN：9781032292823

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.01.004

Tao Li , Lawrence Jun Zhang

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‘Table 1 shows that…’: A local grammar of graphic data commentary in discourse of Economics 表 1 显示......"：经济学话语中图形数据评论的地方语法

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.01.001

Lei Zhang, Rui Jiang, Junmei Zhang

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Mining emotions in academic writing: A subdisciplinary probe into medical research articles 挖掘学术写作中的情感：医学研究文章的次学科探究

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.01.002

Songyun Chen

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A practitioner's commentary on C. Chan (2009): “Forging a link between research and pedagogy: A holistic framework for evaluating business English materials” C. Chan（2009 年）的实践者评论："建立研究与教学法之间的联系：评估商务英语教材的整体框架"

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.12.005

Alan Simpson

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.12.003

Javad Zare , Ahmad Al-Issa

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Assembling a justified list of academic words in veterinary medicine: The veterinary medicine academic word list (VMAWL) 编制兽医学学术词表：兽医学学术词表（VMAWL）

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.12.002

Mustafa Özer , Erdem Akbaş

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Strengthening the interface between research and pedagogy in business English and beyond 加强商务英语及其他领域的研究与教学之间的联系

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.12.001

Clarice S.C. Chan

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