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Barkaoui, Khaled – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2021
Although audience plays an important role in all models of writing, there has been little research on how second language (L2) writers conceptualize and address their audience during the writing process. This study starts to address this research gap by examining when and how L2 learners consider their audience while writing in L2, as well as the…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Greses Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Even though engineering and science are tasked with developing solutions and knowledge for a diverse population, Black and Brown communities remain severely underrepresented in these disciplines. The problem exceeds easy solutions like "a seat at the table" and requires rethinking with whom and for whom the field designs ideas and…
Descriptors: Sciences, Engineering, Linguistics, Language Role
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Gouvea, Julia; Appleby, Lara; Fu, Liren; Wagh, Aditi – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Writing a lab report can be an opportunity for students to engage in scientific thinking. Yet students' lab reports often do not exhibit evidence of such engagement. Students' writing can appear focused on "filling in" required components and reporting on predetermined conclusions. We conducted a design experiment in an introductory…
Descriptors: Scientific and Technical Information, Persuasive Discourse, Reports, Science Laboratories
Steiner, Patricia – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2018
As a teacher and designer of leadership classes, the author is often asked to speak at organizations around the world about topics dealing with business, leadership and learning that relate to honesty, ethics, diversity issues, and self-awareness. The authors approach to problems of misconduct of all kinds begins with the root cause: a lack of…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Qualities, Interpersonal Competence, Leadership Styles
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Tippenhauer, Nicholas; Fourakis, Eva R.; Watson, Duane G.; Lew-Williams, Casey – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
When communicating with other people, adults reduce or lengthen words based on their predictability, frequency, and discourse status. But younger listeners have less experience than older listeners in processing speech variation across time. In 2 experiments, we tested whether English-speaking parents reduce word durations differently across…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Speech Communication, Nouns, Word Frequency
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Yuvayapan, Fatma; Bilginer, Hayriye – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Academic writing practices constitute central processes through which students learn the conventions of their disciplines to meet the expectations of their academic communities. Therefore, academic writing courses should touch on the specific dimensions of it. One of the most prominent requirements of these courses is to identify the needs of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Needs, Academic Language, Content Area Writing
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Fernández-Silva, Sabela – Applied Linguistics, 2019
This article reports a study about the behavior and functions of term variation in research articles (RAs) in Geology and Psychology. The aim of the study was twofold: first, to investigate the role of intra-textual term variation as a device for the representation and transfer of specialized knowledge; second, to explore whether there are…
Descriptors: Geology, Psychology, Research Reports, Comparative Analysis
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Block, Meghan K.; Strachan, Stephanie L. – Reading Horizons, 2019
The overarching purpose of writing is to communicate. As such, the intended audience is a critical consideration for writers. However, elementary school writing instruction commonly neglects the role of the audience. Typically, children are asked to compose a piece of text without a specific audience in mind that is usually evaluated by the…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Audience Awareness, Young Children
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Williams, Julie Ann Stuart; Schutts, Joshua; Gallamore, Kristine; Amaral, Nicholas – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2019
This article examines a manageable approach that provides students with significant opportunities to write and improve their writing over time in an introductory quantitative business course. The study examines six elements of written communication skills, as evidenced by assessment data from memorandum assignments administered following…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Writing Skills, Communication Skills, Business Skills
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Da Silva, Alexsandro Almeida – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper presents the evaluation of a design research project that combines artistic practice and academic theory to demonstrate how problem-based learning (PBL) can bridge the gap between those fields. "Researching Empathy Through Staged Performance" was a master's thesis project in the field of interaction design and consisted of an…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Problem Based Learning, Empathy, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Rahman, Syed Mahmudur – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Current day literary criticisms written in world englishes often seem to be a little hard to comprehend for readers because of critics' tendency to use too much decorative language with too many theoretical views, jargons, and references of different sorts just to stick to an assumed standard of scholarly writing. This paper, based on a…
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Language Usage
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Gibson, Kristin E.; Lamm, Alexa J.; Lamm, Kevan W.; Warner, Laura A. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
There has been a dramatic shift in how people engage with agriculture over the past 50 years in the United States, leading to little interaction between consumers and the farm. Despite extension initiatives to communicate with urban consumers about agriculture, the disconnect between consumers and agricultural producers continues to grow. Research…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Audience Awareness, Agricultural Production
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Schrum, Kelly; Majury, Niall; Simonelli, Anne Laure; Bogdewiecz, Sarah – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2022
There is growing attention to student assessments designed to reach beyond the classroom, including assessments with an immediate or future audience. The impact of audience, however, has not been examined in multimodal assessments across continents, institutions, disciplines, and teaching contexts. Using qualitative data, this article examines the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Audience Awareness, Graduate Students, Capstone Experiences
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Olagunju, Anu; Frankish, Tarryn; Wade, Jean Philippe – Cogent Education, 2022
Studies have shown how social media, including Facebook and Twitter, are reshaping communication, news, and information. It is therefore important to explore the role social media plays in student protests and campaigns in order to determine to what extent social media allows participation and audience inclusion during #FeesMustFall and other…
Descriptors: Social Action, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Tuition
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Evans, W. Douglas; Thomas, Christopher N.; Favatas, Dionisios; Smyser, Joseph; Briggs, Jodie – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
The rapid growth and diffusion of digital media technologies has changed the landscape of market segmentation in the last two decades, including its use in promoting prosocial and behavior change. New, population-specific and culturally appropriate prevention strategies can leverage the potential of digital media to influence health outcomes,…
Descriptors: Public Health, Computer Use, Mass Media Use, Health Behavior
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