Listar por tema "academic discourse"
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A multimodal discourse approach to research pitches
Elsevier (2021-04-23)The communicative purpose of oral academic genres is frequently achieved through multimodal ensembles (i.e., a combination of meaning-making resources or modes). This is the case in research pitches. However, little has ... -
Multimodal literacy in academic environments: PowerPoint as a motivational genre
(2018)his paper explores PowerPoint (PPT) as a leading genre in academic discourse, focussing on the implementation of student motivation boosting strategies. ICT nowadays plays an increasingly important role in pedagogy, by ... -
Multimodality for comprehensive communication in the classroom: Questions in guest lectures
Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos (AELFE) (2014)In recent years there have been many studies about the discourse of lectures (Pérez-Llantada & Ferguson, 2006; Csomay, 2007; Deroey & Taverniers, 2011). Lecturing is the most common speech event in most university ... -
The modal forms 'must' and 'should' in English academic discourse by Spanish postgraduates
Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos (2023)This paper presents a corpus linguistic study investigating the use and functions of the modal verbs, must and should, in academic discourse. The study analyses a corpus of doctoral dissertations within two distinct fields ...