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Learner and Teacher Agency

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 586-611, June 2026.
Abstract Agency has emerged as a key topic in language learning and teaching research with significant implications for language learners' L2 development and teachers' professional growth. To delineate the contribution of TESOL Quarterly (TQ) to L2 learner and teacher agency research, we examine 27 articles published in the journal between 1997 and ...
Jian Tao, Xuesong (Andy) Gao
wiley   +1 more source

A Contrastive Study of Metadiscourse in English and Persian Editorials [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Linguistics, 2012
The original impetus for this cross-linguistic study came from a need to explore the effect of cultural factors and generic conventions on the use and distribution of metadiscourse within a single genre.
Davud Kuhi, Manijeh Mojood
doaj  

Scrutinizing Metadiscourse Functions in Indonesian EFL Students: A Case Study on the Classroom Written and Spoken Discourses [PDF]

open access: yesMextesol Journal, 2021
Many scholars have investigated metadiscourse use in academic settings, but they have mostly explored written data, such as academic essays and research articles. However, spoken discourses like student presentations are rarely explored. Extant studies
Fatimatuz Zahro   +2 more
doaj  

Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in English Research Article Abstracts Written by Non-Native Authors: A Corpus-Based Contrastive Study

open access: yesIkala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 2023
s in research articles play a crucial role in settling the impact of academic articles. However, despite the abundance of research on academic discourse, variation in its linguistic features among scholars from different academic cultures seems to have ...
Olga Boginskaya
doaj   +1 more source

‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 255-267, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Sociolinguistic research has long documented the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) across media including film, music and advertising. In this article, we add to this body of work by exploring the digital recontextualisation of a subset of AAVE features as ‘TikTok/internet language’.
Christian Ilbury, Rianna Walcott
wiley   +1 more source

Significant differences in the use of interactional metadiscourse features across genres between FLOB and COCE.

open access: yes, 2023
Significant differences in the use of interactional metadiscourse features across genres between FLOB and COCE.
Isabelle Chou (11605999)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Dynamics of Reading Genre Fiction: Researching and Teaching Interpretive Practices

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.
Conceptual model positioning genre fiction as a site for studying how narrative form organizes reader interpretation, identifying four dynamics—iterability, narrative interest, serialization, and spectacle—to guide empirical research on reading processes.
Robert Jean LeBlanc, Amy Stornaiuolo
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) as Form‐Focused and Meaning‐Focused Activities: Refining its Measurement and Examining its Predictive Role in L2 Achievement and Confidence

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 393-408, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Acknowledging the limitations of existing measurement instruments in adequately capturing the distinct cognitive processes (e.g., form‐focused vs. meaning‐focused) involved in informal digital learning of English (IDLE), this paper asserts a pressing need to develop and validate robust instruments that measure form‐focused and meaning‐focused ...
Minlin Zou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

METADISCOURSE MARKERS WRITTEN IN INTRODUCTION SECTION OF FINAL PROJECT OF UNIMUS EFL LEARNERS

open access: yesEnglish Review: Journal of English Education, 2019
Metadiscourse marker is one of determining indicators of the quality of the writers’ writing. Metadiscourse markers enable the writers to interact with the readers effectively.
Siti Aimah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metadiscourse in Chinese and American graduate dissertation introductions

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2021
The current study aims to look at differences in the use of metadiscourse in the introductory sections of English and Chinese university students. The corpus of the study comprises 20 “introductions” of university students’ MA theses.
Muhammad afzaal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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