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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Doing Battle with a Noun: Notes on the Grammar of "Terror"
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Crichton, Jonathan – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
Studies from a range of disciplinary perspectives have highlighted how the public rhetoric of the Bush administration has shaped the representation of the conflict which has followed 9/11. However, the literature in this area raises but does not itself address the question of how the administration's use of "terror", "terrorism" and "terrorist(s)"…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Terrorism, Nouns, Speeches
The Interaction of Discipline and Culture in Academic Writing.
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Golebiowski, Zosia; Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2002
Argues that consideration of discipline and culture are complex and interrelated issue in academic writing and that this complexity and interrelationship can be seen at several different levels in specialized academic texts. Reviews research on contrastive rhetoric to investigate the impact of cultural and disciplinary factors on text construction…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
The Contribution of Language Learning to the Development of Cultural Understandings.
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McMeniman, Marilyn; Evans, Robyn – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Examination of existing research on language learning and cross-cultural competence and an analysis of the popular press in three Australian states suggests (1) the wider community believes language learning results in target culture understanding and (2) languages learned in a formal class setting do not necessarily lead to cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication
Foreign Language Needs in the European Workplace.
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Hagen, Stephen – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1992
Discusses multilingualism as a basic requirement of European industry and the link with cultural competence in light of a unified European marketplace. (24 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Advertising, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
The Analysis of Economic Discourse. A General Review.
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Royce, Terry – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Discusses some of the main protagonists in the debate between economists about their own discourse and reviews significant studies by applied linguists in this area. The article suggests that these studies may be grouped according to the categories micro-studies, macro-studies and educational studies. (57 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Charts, Course Content, Discourse Analysis