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Examining U.S. and Spanish Annual Reports: Crisis Communication
(SAGE Publishing, 2014-12)
Crisis has affected businesses worldwide. Many international corporations must cope with this turmoil, which affects their economic liability. Firms express their actual financial situation in the annual reports they issue ...
Multimodal Humor in Plenary Lectures in English and in Spanish
(De Gruyter, 2016-06)
Humor is present in most instances of human to human interaction and has often been studied by discourse analysis (Long and Graesser 2009). These studies have taken several perspectives but have often ignored the multimodal ...
Evaluative language in peer review referee reports
(Elsevier, 2008)
Most international journals and conferences currently use the peer review system to ensure the quality of their contributions. Among the various types of peer review, the "blind" and the "anonymous" review seem to be the ...
University research and practices in the field of special needs: an overview
(Fundación Infancia y Aprendizaje, 2020)
Training and research in special educational needs (SENs) are crucial in order to properly implement strategies that foster inclusive education at university. Today more than ever, education is connected to new job ...
A multimodal discourse approach to research pitches
(ElsevierBritish Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP), 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 ...
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 ...
Assessing dictionary skills
(Springer, 2015)
This article discusses the role of dictionary skills in language learning as part of professional reference skills and as life-long language learning skills. It advocates for the integration of these skills in the language ...
Affordances and constraints on research publication: A comparative study of the language choices of Spanish historians and psychologists
(2015-06-16)
Research publication in the international arena, is crucial for multilingual scholars in most disciplinary areas. For many, among them Spanish scholars, it still represents a considerable hurdle. The findings we report ...
Pragmatic learning and study abroad: Effects of instruction and length of stay
(Elsevier, 2015-02)
The study explores to what extent pragmatic instruction and length of study abroad (SA) influence learners ability to mitigate requests in e-mail communication. Sixty Spanish students, who were all enrolled for one academic ...
Patient-directed medicine labeling: Text differences between the United States and Spain
(Equinox, 2008)
As part of a larger project to examine the complexities of patient adherence to medical directions, the current study compares written information given with prescribed medicines to patients in the United States (US) and ...