Scales / Measurement Formulaic Language in English for Academic Purposes Textbooks more

Sat, Nov 13, 14:45-15:10 Asia/Tokyo

In this study, I examined formulaic language that appears in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) textbooks. I classified these expressions according to their functions, such as disagreeing or asking questions. I also compared the most frequent expressions from this textbook corpus to a corpus of academic spoken English. Attendees will also hear a discussion of the larger differences between language in academic textbooks and naturally occurring language.