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Fostering learners' online dictionary Sskills through active dictionary rubrics
(Buro van die WAT, 2021)
This article aims to explore new ways to improve dictionary skills for language learners by promoting the use of active dictionary rubrics. It also tries to get a deeper understanding on how students perceive dictionaries ...
Multilingual cyberpragmatics in instructional settings. Exploring gender and age effects in Catalan, Spanish and English email requests
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-03-17)
The present study focuses on email communication in the multilingual university setting. Previous studies dealing with similar settings point to the lack of politeness markers in students’ email messages [Bjorge, A. (2007). ...
Teaching Apology Formulas at the Discourse Level: Are Instructional Effects Maintained Over Time?
(UNED, 2016)
This study explores the effects of teaching apologies at a discourse
level on a group of Spanish learners of English as a foreign language
both in the short and in the long-term. It adopts a one-group pre-, post and ...
Teaching elevator pitch presentations through a multimodal lens: Insights from ESP students' experiences
(Wiley, 2023-09)
Professional and academic communication is changing rapidly due to the evolution of new technologies. In the context of language teaching, this scenario offers possibilities for genre innovation (Hafner & Miller, 2018) ...
Science dissemination videos as multimodal supporting resources for ESP teaching in higher education
(Elsevier, 2023-01-09)
In recent years, science dissemination has moved from printed to digital formats, and digital genres such as free access videos, along with their own multimodal characteristics (e.g. image, audio, movement, among others) ...
The metaphorical use of "on"
(Universidad de La Rioja, 1999-05-25)
An attempt is made at refuting the idea that figurative uses of prepositions are chaotic. Figurative uses of the preposition on are explained as the result of metaphorical mappings from the physical domain onto abstract ...
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(Universitat Jaume I. Institut Universitari d’Investigació Feminista i de gènere, 2003)
The genre of PechaKucha presentations: Analysis and implications for enhancing multimodal literacy at university
(Elsevier Ltd, 2024-07-01)
ESP students need to develop their multimodal literacy to become literate in today's professional spaces. For this purpose, ESP teachers should revisit pedagogy practices to best engage students in the navigation and ...