The accumulating genre analysis studies in the ESP tradition on journal articles (JAs) and
their part-genres raise some pressing questions about the pedagogical needs for, and the …

Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research speaks to
the rapidly growing area of second language writing by providing a uniquely balanced …

Abstract Evaluation is pervasive in academic writing, and the past decades have witnessed
a proliferation of research on writer's authorial evaluation in English academic writing …

Abstract Most existing English for Academic Purposes (EAP) studies from a discourse
analysis perspective adopt a discipline-based framework that foregrounds the influence of …

While huge efforts were devoted to the identification of moves and steps in research article
Discussion sections, how writers justify the value of the new research through conflict …

Research article sections, particularly the introductions, have received considerable
scholarly attention over the years. However, linguistic strategies in the conclusion sections of …

Primarily motivated by the pedagogical question whether it is feasible to incorporate non-
native English-speaking subject specialists' support in China to address students' research …

Effective stance-taking is considered as a crucial skill for successful academic writing and
sustainable development of writing scholarship. However, student writers often encounter …

Students of English as a foreign language (EFL) are often found to have weak control over
authorial stance for constructing persuasive argumentation in academic writing. However …

This study explores how lexical bundles link smaller functional units (steps) in research
article (RA) conclusions in hard and soft science knowledge fields by using corpus-based …