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Introduction to the Special Issue: English for international medical communication 特刊简介：国际医学交流英语

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.04.002

Robert C. Johnson, M. Gregory Tweedie

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Facilitating undergraduate novice L2 writers’ pathways toward criticality enactment in genre-based literature review writing instruction 在基于体裁的文学评论写作教学中促进本科生新手二级写作者的批判性形成途径

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.02.003

Vera A. Dugartsyrenova

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Learning to read patient notes in the workplace: How reading aloud and reading alongside can help students for whom English is an additional language 在工作场所学习阅读病人笔记：朗读和并读如何帮助英语是额外语言的学生

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.04.003

Caroline Havery

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Extending embodied cognition through robot's augmented reality in English for medical purposes classrooms 通过机器人的增强现实技术扩展体现认知的医疗英语课堂

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.03.001

Saeed Khazaie , Ali Derakhshan

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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 : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.12.001

Clarice S.C. Chan

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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 : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.12.002

Mustafa Özer , Erdem Akbaş

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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 : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.01.004

Tao Li , Lawrence Jun Zhang

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“Come along for a tweetorial!”: Recontextualization strategies in biomedical publication-promoting tweetorials "快来参加推特纪念活动！"：生物医学出版推广推文中的重新语境化策略

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2024.02.002

María-José Luzón

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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 : 2024-04-01 Epub 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 (2019): Long-term workplace communication needs of business professionals 从业者评C. Chan(2019):商务人士的长期职场沟通需求

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.10.008

Katrin Lichterfeld

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