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Metaphorical Models, Cybergenres and User Strategic Modes in Virtual Space
(Universitatea Petru Maior, 2015)
In recent decades, new technologies have evolved so rapidly that the use of computers and the
Internet
has resulted in the appearance of a new type of genre, i.e. Cybergenre (Shepherd & Watters, 1998;
Shepherd, Watters ...
Embodied semantic parameters for the lexical representation of spatial relational categories
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2024-06-06)
This paper proposes an explanatory model for the lexical representation of the native speakers’ lexical knowledge of English prepositions. Lexical knowledge of prepositions as relational predicates includes argument structure ...
Genre awareness in professional and academic language: the importance of “packing” knowledge appropriately in professional settings and academia
(Debrecen University Press, 2011)
The aim of this article is to provide insights on the importance of genre awareness in the study, correct
understanding and accurate use of Professional and Academic Language (PAL), with special emphasis being placed on ...
A mixed-methods study of online learning in the EFL classroom
(Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia, 2021-07)
The need to adapt classroom materials to maintain students’ interest to learn the subject matter in an engaging
environment, by means of Information and Communication Technologies, raises substantial concerns for English ...
Gilles Lipovetsky. En torno a la seducción
(Universitat Jaume I. Institut Universitari d’Investigació Feminista i de gènere, 1999)
PechaKucha Presentations to Develop Multimodal Communicative Competence in ESP and EMI Live Online Lectures: A Team-Teaching Proposal
(CALL-EJ, 2021-04-05)
With the Covid-19 outbreak, many universities worldwide have been forced to undertake some changes to continue with the academic commitment, giving rise to a range of
adaptations that pivoted around online teaching delivery ...
EMI Lecturers’ Training Needs: Towards the Construction of a Measurement Instrument
(Universitat d' Alacant. Departament de Filologia Anglesa, 2021)
English-medium instruction (EMI) is a relatively new phenomenon that has come to the fore in most higher education institutions (Dafouz and Smit 2019). It is spreading in an unprecedented manner and increasingly gaining ...
Corpus Pragmatics and Multimodality: Compiling an ad-hoc Multimodal Corpus for EFL Pragmatics Teaching
(Gate Association for Teaching and Education (GATE), 2020-12-05)
The teaching and acquisition of foreign language pragmatics as a part of the
communicative competence paradigm has been reported as essential since the
deviation from the Chomskian competence-based model to a more ...
Publishing research in the international context: An analysis of Spanish scholars' academic writing needs in the social sciences
(Elsevier, 2014)
In the last decades, publishing research in the international arena has become an imperative among scholars in Spain. However, many researchers experience difficulties in publishing their work in English-medium international ...
The Usefulness of Translation in Foreign Language Learning: Students’ Attitudes by Ana B. Fernández-Guerra
(Lasting Impressions Press, 2014)
Several scholars have argued that translation is not a useful tool when acquiring a second or
foreign language; since it provides a simplistic one-to-one relationship between the native
and the foreign language, it can ...