Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly (Formerly Journal of Teaching Language Skills)

Keywords = introduction

Number of Articles: 2
A Comparative Study of Thematicity in the Argumentative Writing of University EFL Students and the Introduction Section of Research Articles
A Comparative Study of Thematicity in the Argumentative Writing of University EFL Students and the Introduction Section of Research Articles

Alireza Jalilifar; Mohammad Alipour; Mahsa Rabiee

Volume 36, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 85-110

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.4043

Abstract
  The present study aimed to find out thematic organization and progression in the argumentative writing of Iranian learners of English, representing two levels of language proficiency, ...  Read More
Genre Analysis and Genre-mixing Across Various Realizations of Academic Book Introductions in Applied Linguistics
Genre Analysis and Genre-mixing Across Various Realizations of Academic Book Introductions in Applied Linguistics

Alireza Jalilifar; Zeinab Golkar Musavi

Volume 35, Issue 1 , May 2016, , Pages 111-138

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3699

Abstract
  Motivated by the need to explore the introductory sections of textbooks, the present study attempted to scrutinize three realizations of academic introductions, namely, Preface, Introduction, ...  Read More