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Exploring the interplay of mode of discourse and proficiency level in ESL writing performance [PDF]
Recent theory in discourse and practice in rhetoric has suggested that writers require different skills and strategies when writing for different purposes, and in using different genres and modes (Kinneavy, 1972; Carrell and Connor, 1991) in writing. The
Heng, Chan Swee, Md. Rashid, Sabariah
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Using Argument-based Features to Predict and Analyse Review Helpfulness [PDF]
We study the helpful product reviews identification problem in this paper. We observe that the evidence-conclusion discourse relations, also known as arguments, often appear in product reviews, and we hypothesise that some argument-based features, e.g ...
Liu, Haijing +6 more
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Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes +4 more
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The effects of learning oriented assessment on academic writing
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of learning-oriented assessment (LOA) on the academic writing ability of EFL students (N:40) during a 12-week in the semester of 2019-2020 academic year in the context of a higher education. Within a
Hossein Farhady, Haticetül Kübra Er
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Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure +3 more
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How Edmodo as an Online Tool in EFL Writing Class can Increase Students’ Writing Ability
This paper reports the results of the investigation on the utilization of Edmodo as an online tool in EFL writing class to increase the students’ ability in producing an argumentative essay. Classroom Action Research was applied in the study.
M. Zaini Miftah
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Hook sentences as an opener and attention grabber in introductory paragraph play important role to make readers keep reading an essay. This means the structure and preferences to produce the hook is a key point to an interesting essay.
Yenni Arif Rahman
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THE REALIZATION OF GRAMMATICAL COHESION DEVICES IN EFL STUDENTS’ ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS
This study analyzed EFL students’ argumentative essays concerning cohesive devices based on Halliday and Hasan (1976) in the certain part called grammatical cohesion devices. Thus, the study focuses on analyzing the four main categories of them.
Rudiana Rudiana
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Truth and falsehood for non-representationalists: Gorgias on the normativity of language [PDF]
Sophists and rhetoricians like Gorgias are often accused of disregarding truth and rationality: their speeches seem to aim only at effective persuasion, and be constrained by nothing but persuasiveness itself.
Bermúdez, Juan Pablo
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Dapagliflozin prevents methylglyoxal‐induced retinal cell death in ARPE‐19 cells
Diabetic macular oedema is a diabetes complication of the eye, which may lead to permanent blindness. ARPE‐19 are human retinal cells used to study retinal diseases and potential therapeutics. Methylglyoxal is a compound increased in uncontrolled diabetes due to elevated blood glucose.
Naina Trivedi +7 more
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