PhD Thesis Discussion Writing in Two Disciplines: Learner Needs and Generic Characteristics

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PhD Thesis Discussion Writing in Two Disciplines: Learner Needs and Generic Characteristics

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This English for specific/academic purposes (ESP/EAP) research project investigated doctoral students’ needs and language features (generic characteristics) of discussions in PhD theses in order to provide insights into guidance for both non-native and native English-speaking doctoral students who are preparing to write their thesis Discussion. To facilitate this investigation, I employed Vygotsky’s (1978) sociocultural theory and Swales’s (1990) genre theory to inform my data analyses and in...

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Thesis

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Doctoral

Date created

2020

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Shen, Lifen

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/58139

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