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Democratisation By Default? Change and Continuity of Poland's Contemporary Democracy Promotion in Its Eastern Neighbourhood

open access: yesContemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Following a breakdown in the post‐1989 liberal consensus that governed Polish democracy promotion in its eastern neighbours under Law and Justice's term from 2015, we can expect policy changes to Polish democracy promotion. Paying tribute to historical explanations of Poland's democracy promotion, this article links the historical legacies of ...
Wicke van den Broek
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Factors in EAP Teaching — Influences of Thought Pattern on English Academic Writing

open access: yes, 2012
In the last decade, more and more EFL teachers in the universities of China have been aware of the feasibility and necessity of teaching English for Academic Purpose (EAP), which is identified as one type of English for Specific Purposes, to students of ...
XU, Xiuyan
core   +1 more source

Atimiaphobia: The Undiscovered Burden of Honor Cultures and Shame Societies on Mental Health—Development and Validation of Atimiaphobia Scale

open access: yesPsyCh Journal, Volume 15, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The psychological impact of honor cultures and shame societies on the general population has not been examined through a diagnostic lens. Atimiaphobia is a newly recognized psychological condition characterized by an intense fear of losing honor or being labeled shameless, deeply rooted in honor cultures and shame societies.
Waqar Husain   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The perceptions and practices of first year students' academic writing at the Colleges of Applied Sciences in Oman [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This study is an investigation of students' writing in one college of the Colleges of Applied Sciences (CoAS) in the Sultanate of Oman. The focus of the study was on probing the views and the discursive practices of first year students, their EFL ...
Al-Badwawi, Halima Saleh Qasim
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Upholding academic integrity in EAP [PDF]

open access: yes
Given that academic integrity is an important component in academic writing courses, outlining the types of academic misconduct that are mostly encountered in EAP settings along with the possible causes can lead to possible solutions and suggestions ...
Şık Keser, Kübra, Razı, Salim
core   +1 more source

Lessons from Gaza: My Journey into Critical Trauma‐Informed Pedagogy in English Language Teaching for Refugees

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue S1, Page S259-S270, June 2026.
Abstract This paper outlines the journey of an English language teaching (ELT) practitioner–researcher in terms of her evolving understanding over a 10‐year period of how an effective trauma‐informed pedagogy (TIP) might look for learners from refugee backgrounds.
Aleks Palanac
wiley   +1 more source

EAP: English for any purpose?

open access: yes, 2008
EAP (English for Academic Purposes) explicitly aims to support students' learning tasks in other English-medium academic courses – from writing papers in Anthropology to giving presentations in Zoology. Are EAP courses in fact serving these goals?
Green, Jonathan H.
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Not just English for academic purposes but also epistemologically appropriate practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This case-study describes the development and delivery of a pre-sessional course for international students which goes beyond the more usual English for Academic Purposes (EAP) concerns of register, genres, and study skills, by adding overt exploration ...
Burnapp, Dave, Burnapp, Dave; id_orcid
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Affect and student engagement with feedback in pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

open access: yes, 2023
Assessment feedback literature has experienced a recent surge (Henderson et al., 2019), exploring components ranging from motivation (Zhang, 2021; Pishghadam et al., 2019), peer feedback (Carless, 2019; Cheng, 2013) and feedback models (Esterhazy, 2019; Carless & Boud, 2018).
openaire   +1 more source

Teachers’ perceptions of the current practices and challenges in English for academic purposes: A survey study at universities in Shanghai, China

open access: yesInternational Journal of English for Academic Purposes
This study investigates university teachers’ perceptions of current practices and challenges in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instruction at four institutions in Shanghai, China.
Weilei Zhang, Bin Zou, Yiran Du
doaj   +1 more source

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