This study examined lexical bundles (LBs) used differently by Chinese and American PhD
students of linguistics in their dissertation abstracts. Two corpora were built, with each …

L2 English learners are often reported to incorporate features of spoken language into their
academic writing, blurring the lines between written and spoken genres. However, previous …

Despite the growing interest in AI for language assessment, there remains a significant
research gap regarding its usefulness for assessing less proficient language skills …

Integrating corpus-based analyses with instructed SLA, this study explores how lexical
bundles can be used to teach prepositions to EFL learners. It first identifies lexical bundles …

This study examines the use of general extenders in Nigerian English, from a variational
corpus-pragmatic framework, with British English as a reference variety. The data are …

This article explores the use of Nigerian English-based proverbs, with a view to accounting
for the situational contexts in which they occur and their pragmatic roles in Nigerian English …

Humans conceptualise and present their views, feelings, etc. through language. Despite the
importance of language, they do not always use freshly minted words or expressions every …

Metacognition in L2 listening has garnered attention, but there is limited research on
concrete methods to practice it in high school EFL contexts. This study aims to investigate …

One of the primary goals of English education in Japan is to develop communicative
abilities, which require the ability to use formulaic sequences. This study analyzed a corpus …

EN Abstract: The interest in the phraseological nature of language has generated numerous
studies on phraseology in various genres. The current study focuses on key phrase frames …