This study was framed on the theory of Language Socialisation and a Systematic Functional Linguistic (SFL) approach. The aim of the study was to analyse the oral presentation discourse produced by an elemen- tary Iranian English as Second Language (ESL) postgraduate student in an American university four times (September/December, 2015 and March/September, 2016) over one year. The data were col...

this study was framed on the theory of language socialisation and a systematic functional linguistic (sfl) approach. the aim of the study was to analyse the oral presentation discourse produced by an elemen- tary iranian english as second language (esl) postgraduate student in an american university four times (september/december, 2015 and march/september, 2016) over one year. the data were col...

BACKGROUND Children with developmental delays exhibit more difficulty with certain emotional processes than their typically developing peers, which seems to partially account for the increased risk for the development of social problems in this population. Despite considerable study with typically developing populations, research on parental emotion socialisation in families of children with de...

As modern society is becoming more oriented to advanced technologies, a new type of literacy computer literacy – is being more widely discussed. Like reading, which by socialisation scholars is sometimes rightly called the socialisation of socialisation or secondary socialisation, computer literacy has become an essential precondition for a person's successful socialisation and his/her professi...

Dissection has held a privileged position in medical education although the professional values it inculcates have been subject to intense debate. Claims vary from it generating a dehumanising level of emotional detachment, to promotion of rational and dispassionate decision-making, even to being a positive vehicle for ethical education. Social scientists have positioned dissection as a critica...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To present a discussion on newcomer adaptation as a lens through which to understand how nursing students adapt to clinical practice and raise awareness of strategies that can be used to enhance their learning experiences. BACKGROUND Socialisation is an important factor that facilitates students' learning in the clinical setting. Therefore, it is beneficial to examine orga...

This paper investigates how inner speech in English as a foreign language (LX) and Chinese first languages (L1s) of 425 multilingual university students the UK is affected by their stay. An eight-item scale was developed to cover two different discourse domains for speech, namely academic general domain. LX socialisation operationalised frequency use daily life, sociocultural adaptation, previo...

Based on related academic and semi-academic discourse, this paper aims to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic important actors their expectations in higher education (HE) sector. As open organisations, institutions (HEIs) are influenced shaped by different stakeholders’ numerous often controversial demands. While HEIs strive meet key actors’ needs, these have a determinative role futur...

Socialisation towards homeownership during childhood has been proposed as one transmission channel of homeownership across generations in previous literature, but tests of this socialisation hypothesis are scarce. This study presents the yet most rigorous test of the socialisation hypothesis using retrospective life-history data (SHARELIFE, N=19,567 individuals) from 13 European countries. Even...