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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.05.002

Fan Lin, Yan Qin

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.05.001

Dilay Candan

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Assessing the language needs of L2 English student pilots preparing for flight training in English-speaking countries 评估在英语国家准备飞行训练的第二语言英语学生飞行员的语言需求

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.12.007

Maria Treadaway, John Read

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When Methods and Results intertwine: An exploration from congruent and metaphorical construal 当方法和结果交织在一起：从同构和隐喻解释的探索

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.12.001

Yingyu Wang (瑛宇王)

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Towards LLM-assisted move annotation: Leveraging ChatGPT-4 to analyse the genre structure of CEO statements in corporate social responsibility reports 走向llm辅助动作注释：利用ChatGPT-4分析企业社会责任报告中CEO陈述的体裁结构

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.11.003

Danni Yu

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Meeting the needs of EAP students in Canadian colleges: Insights from a needs analysis study 满足加拿大大学EAP学生的需求：来自需求分析研究的见解

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.01.001

Valerie Smith , Sheila Windle , Leanne Johnny

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Examining promotional strategies and trends in successful grant application abstracts: Moves and appraisal resources 研究成功拨款申请摘要的推广策略和趋势：行动和评估资源

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.12.004

Ying Wang

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TED-Ed animations as resources for learning academic formulas ted动画作为学习学术公式的资源

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.11.004

Chen-Yu Liu

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Ideational interplay of textual and visual elements in graphical abstracts of biology research articles 生物学研究文章图形摘要中文本和视觉元素的概念相互作用

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.01.002

Junqiang Ren , Jiajin Xu

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Investigating students’ academic language-related challenges and their interplay with English proficiency and self-efficacy on EMI success in Transnational Education (TNE) programs in China 调查中国跨国教育项目中学生的学术语言相关挑战及其与英语水平和自我效能感在EMI成功中的相互作用

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.12.002

Xiao Cui , Ishamina Athirah Gardiner

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