Browsing by Author "Damron, Rebecca L."
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Complicating and clarifying disciplinary writing practices: The toggling move for building rhetorical flexibility
Clark, Lindsay Camille (2017-07)Instructors across many disciplines integrate genre-based approaches into their instruction with the goal of preparing students to write effectively in academic and workplace settings. Though the instructional strategies ... -
Covert pragmatic transfer: Intercultural pragmatics among Korean learners of English as a second language
Yun, Seungmin (2015-05)The present study centers on cross-cultural interlanguage pragmatics. It aims to investigate the nature and conditions of pragmatic transfer among Korean learners of English as a second language. This study examines the ... -
Discourse of writing center interaction: The "or" as an emergent discourse space
Denny, Melody (2014-05)In response to the call for more inquiry-based research in the field of Writing Center Studies, this research employs a discourse-analytic methodology to examine consultation talk and uncover more about interaction between ... -
Explicit apologies in English and Romanian. A construction grammar approach
Demeter, Gusztav (2011-05)Scope and Method of Study: The aim of the present study is to investigate the construal of explicit apologies in American English and Romanian from a Construction Grammar perspective. A discourse analysis methodology using ... -
Exploring multimodal composing: A techno-pedagogical study
Burnside, Elkie (2013-05)This multimodal (also called digitally borne) text explores the variety of ways technology and multimodal compositions can be incorporated into classroom and work experience. Lessons learned are examined in the context of ... -
Literacy programs and language learning: A qualitative study of the beliefs and perceptions of international students' spouses learning english in an informal literacy center
Elfeel, Soha (2014-05)This qualitative research study explores the beliefs and perceptions of the spouses of adult international students regarding the ESL literacy programs offered at a unique University Center (UC) for international students ... -
Mexican English teachers' identity negotiations: A narrative study
Avalos-Rivera, Alys D. (2016-05)This study examines how five Mexican EFL teachers negotiated their professional identities while interacting with ideologies implicit in social practices, power relations, and discourse. I approached teachers' identities ... -
Perceptions of academic writing by some Saudi graduate students studying in American universities
Alhojailan, Ahmad (2015-08)The increasing number of the Saudi students who want to study in American universities has generated a need to explore their perceptions of academic writing for writing researchers and instructors to help them to be ... -
Pragmatic Study of Apology Strategies in Romanian
Demeter, Gusztav (Oklahoma State University, 2006-05-01)The aim of the present study is to examine the types of categories that Romanian speakers use to apologize in situations that require interaction among friends, as well as how these categories combine to form apology ... -
Prosody in Urdu and Pakistani English conversational discourse
Damron, Rebecca L. (1997-12) -
Qualitative study comparing the instruction on vectors between a physics course and a trigonometry course
James, Wendy Michelle (2013-07)Science and engineering instructors often observe that students have difficulty using or applying prerequisite mathematics knowledge in their courses. This qualitative project uses a case-study method to investigate the ... -
Speech act of greeting performed by Russian EFL learners
Shleykina, Galina (2016-05)The present study centers on interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics. It investigates semantic formulas in the speech act of greeting performed by Russian EFL learners. In particular, it compares the non-native speakers' ... -
Time for anger: Conceptions of human feeling in modern English, A. D. 1500-1990
Mischler, James Jolly, III (2008-05)Scope and Method of Study: The presentation reports on an interdisciplinary, diachronic study designed to delineate the influence of historical cultural knowledge over time on the conceptualization of ANGER in English ...