Interest in language variation is a staple of English for Academic Purposes research and underpins its distinctive character as field inquiry. It the specific nature use which defines EAP, yet this definition has been established almost entirely on basis inter-discoursal studies, with comparisons register, genre, discipline, first language, etc. dominating our understanding. In paper we take di...

Annotations represent an increasingly popular means for organizing, categorizing and finding resources on the “social” web. Yet, only a small portion of the total resources available on the web are annotated. Work on automatic tag generation algorithms aims to tackle this problem by developing algorithms that attempt to approximate and support human tagging behavior. While existing algorithms l...

This paper explores the outcomes of training pragmatics identifying metadiscourse devices that are used by content teachers enrolled on a course leading to university qualification for teaching in English within context Spanish-speaking country. Specifically, I focus analysis frequencies textual and interactional lecturers during an online as Medium Instruction (EMI) with aim use how it could a...

In this paper, we propose an integrated information management system in which ontology-based knowledge integration and XML-based text/data retrieval are combined using tag information and ontology management tools. The main purpose of the system is to implement a query answering system for XML-based documents in the domain of molecular biology. The aim is to provide efficient access to heterog...

the current study is an attempt to investigate the impact of explicit instruction of metadiscourse markers on advanced, intermediate, and elementary efl learners’ writing performance. the participants of the study were 94 undergraduate students majoring in english literature at the university of isfahan. to elicit the relevant data, participants were given a pretest of writing ability to check ...

This study investigated two major types of metadiscourse markers as used in typical sales contracts, written by English natives and Iranian non-natives. In so doing, 60 sales contracts were selected, 30 written by native English and 30 by Iranian non-natives. Based on Hyland and Tse’s taxonomy, the contracts were codified and classified in terms of the frequency and percentage of the interactiv...

The current study is an attempt to investigate the impact of explicit instruction of metadiscourse markers on advanced, intermediate, and elementary EFL learners’ writing performance. The participants of the study were 94 undergraduate students majoring in English Literature at the University of Isfahan. To elicit the relevant data, participants were given a pretest of writing ability to check ...