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Peer reviewedHarvey, Anamaria – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Examines interaction in public reports and assesses how relations between participants in the communication process give the text its distinctive shape. Four public reports in the environmental sciences were scrutinized closely. Results indicate that public reports have relevance and are a hybrid genre. Further research is recommended. (19…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, English for Science and Technology
Peer reviewedBowles, Hugo – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Demonstrates that the comprehension of law report discourse in newspapers in England is particularly difficult for the non-expert reader. Comparative discourse analysis of the way a particular case is reported in various newspapers shows that the discourse structure of the newspaper law report is not adequately signalled by the linguistic…
Descriptors: Charts, Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedKasper, Loretta Frances – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Advocates content-based reading as an effective way to facilitate foreign students' rapidly achieving reading proficiency in English. This article presents data on student achievement, feedback, and retention from a study of two variations of content-based English-as-a-Second-Language courses to support the author's position. (16 references)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Educational Attainment, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedMyers, Sharon A. – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Describes the results of using field-specific written materials in a language laboratory setting to teach oral skills in a support course for international teaching assistants for the purpose of promoting automaticity in oral production and raising the intelligibility of students through the improvement of fluency and pronunciation. (25…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Intonation
Peer reviewedMustafa, Zahra – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Examines the effect of raising university students' awareness of term paper conventions through formal instruction in L2 on producing this genre in the same language or another language (L1). Results indicate that, although formal instruction is important, variations in professors' evaluation of these aspects are the main factor affecting whether…
Descriptors: College Students, Consciousness Raising, English for Academic Purposes, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedDrury, Helen – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
"Analysing Genre," by Vijay K. Bhatia, is a timely addition to the literature on genre analysis in English for specific purposes. It is divided into three parts: the first provides theoretical background; the second explains how genre analysis works in different academic and professional settings; and the third exemplifies the application of genre…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Book Reviews, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis
