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Investigating Miami English-Spanish Bilinguals' Treatment of English Deictic Verbs of Motion
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In: FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2014)
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Book Review - Hart, W. (2002) Never Fade Away
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In: Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement (2007)
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The effects of computer-mediated interaction in L2 vocabulary learning
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2006)
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Faster, normal or slower?: the effects of speech rates on high-intermediate ESL learners' listening comprehension of academic lectures
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2006)
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This and these as pronouns and determiners: a corpus-based study of published academic research articles
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2006)
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Motivation and acquisition of pronunciation in EFL students in El Salvador
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2006)
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Self-representations and power relations in peer review interactions: a case study of two international students in a composition class
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2006)
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Patterns of adverbial stance marking in United Nations political discourse: a corpus-based study
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2006)
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Research into the use of help options in a multimedia listening unit
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Field dependence/ field independence: how do students perform in CALL-based listening activities?
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Diachronic linguistic variation in academic papers and its relationship to the enculturation process of a novice NNS graduate student into the academia: a developmental case study
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Retelling as an effective reading comprehension strategy for young ESL learners
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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The impact in-class activities in an academic communication skills class for international teaching assistants (ITAs) have on avoiding miscommunication in an out-of-class simulated office hour
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Second language needs analysis in the workplace: a case study of Hispanic immigrant manufacturing workers
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Variations in interactional modifications in synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) between different tasks among Indonesian non-native speakers (NNSs) of English
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Functions of "shell nouns" as cohesive devices in academic writing: a comparative corpus-based study
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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This study compares the functions of abstract nouns previously defined as "shell nouns" (Schmid, 2000) to create cohesion in academic texts written by professional published authors and international graduate students. To make this comparison, two corpora of research papers, one by international graduate students and one by published authors, were collected from 6 different academic disciplines (Art and Design, Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Environmental Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy). The 35 shell nouns (Hinkel, 2004) were investigated in order to find out the frequency patterns in both corpora. The six shell nouns identified as the most common ones in the published corpus were qualitatively compared between published authors' and international graduate students' writings, and further analyzed for cohesive functions through different lexico-grammatical patterns in the two corpora. Specifically, the functional analysis was conducted to find out how these shell nouns function in different lexico-grammatical patterns (th-be-N, th-N, N-be-cl, N-cl) as cohesive devices in both corpora. The findings of this study indicated that the two groups of writers used shell nouns at almost the same rate of frequency. In addition, they employed various functions for these nouns as cohesive ties in the text in some new lexico-grammatical patterns (the N, the N of, a(n) N, a(n) N of, the same N) which had not been previously identified. Finally, the analysis of frequency, lexico-grammatical patterns, and functions of these shell nouns used by the two groups of writers provided some information about the use of these nouns as cohesive devices in academic writing, and possibly raised awareness for their cohesive functions that could eventually be applied in English for Academic Purposes courses.
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and Multicultural Education; Bilingual; Computer assisted language learning; English; English for specific purposes; English Language and Literature; First and Second Language Acquisition; Instructional Media Design; Multilingual; Teaching English as a second language/applied linguistics (Computer assisted language learning); Teaching English as a second language/applied linguistics (English for specific purposes)
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URL: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/16168 https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=17167&context=rtd
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Fluency through Friends: authentic video, subtitle modification, and oral fluency
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Where are the Latinos?: improving representation at Metropolitan Community College in South Omaha, Nebraska
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Effects of images on the incidental acquisition of abstract words
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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Communication during public service encounters: Spanish L1 immigrant consumers and English L1 employees
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In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (2005)
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