Abstract Knowledge of core academic vocabulary plays a major role in many gate keeping
tests for higher education and is critical to successful academic performance. While …

Academic vocabulary is indisputably one of the most important features of academic texts
and recent decades have seen the creation of several lists of academic vocabulary intended …

Many students and novice researchers may have a general idea of a topic they would like to
research, but have a difficult time settling on a more specific topic and associated research …

This study investigates the extent to which microfeatures–such as basic text features,
readability, cohesion, and lexical diversity based on specific word lists–affect Chinese EFL …

Academic vocabulary is widely recognised as a key aspect of academic writing style and
there is a well-established link between the knowledge of academic vocabulary and …

Social media networks are dynamic. As such, the order in which network ties develop is an
important aspect of the network dynamics. This study proposes a novel dynamic network …

Mastering appropriate writing style is one of the challenges frequently experienced by
novice student writers entering higher education. Developing academic writing skills is …

This quasi-experimental study examined the effects of explicit discourse marker (DM)
instruction on ESL learners' academic writing performance. Two intact groups of pre-degree …

Despite the extensive research into academic vocabulary in university student writing, little is
known about academic vocabulary in international foundation-level students' assessed …

Since written assignments often constitute the main form of assessment in tertiary education,
academic writing skills are of paramount importance to university students. The role of …