Video abstracts have emerged to supplement and support the information provided in written abstra... more Video abstracts have emerged to supplement and support the information provided in written abstracts (Luzón & Pérez-Llantada, 2019). This new genre, characterised by the combined use of verbal and non-verbal semiotic resources, contributes to making content more accessible and visible to the audience (Plastina, 2017). A key aspect in this respect is how authors use various communicative modes not only to disseminate content but also to establish interpersonal meaning with their audience. The purpose of this study is to explore how authors in the field of health science orchestrate varied modes to enhance their own voice and effectively engage their audiences through written and video abstracts. For this purpose, a dataset of 10 written abstracts and their corresponding video abstracts are analysed from a multimodal discourse perspective. The study reveals the way authors take stance verbally (e.g. inclusive we, hedges, boosters) and enact engagement multimodally (e.g. self-mention,...
Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras
One of the most innovative genres in today’s business communication is the product pitch (PP), ma... more One of the most innovative genres in today’s business communication is the product pitch (PP), mainly characterised by its multisemiotic nature (Daly & Davy, 2016), which makes it essential to take a multimodal approach to the analysis and teaching of this genre (Tamarit & Skorczynska, 2014; Valeiras-Jurado, 2017). However, despite the increasing importance of this oral genre in the business field, little research has been conducted on the teaching of PPs to business ESP students. The purpose of this paper is therefore to present an innovative pedagogical model consisting of a learner-led genre-based pedagogy based on a teaching-learning cycle that fosters critical thinking and multimodal awareness (AUTHOR, 2019). Following the four stages of the cycle proposed, and with the constant scaffolding of the lecturer in the initial stages, a group of tertiary business students were requested to decode the multimodal ensembles of a YouTube PP to subsequently create their own PPs. These sam...
Lexicography. The Changing Landscape is a collection of selected papers, originally published in ... more Lexicography. The Changing Landscape is a collection of selected papers, originally published in prestigious books and journals, which aims to present current research in the field of dictionary-making and lexicographical research in general. The book, edited by Salonee Priya, comprises 12 papers, or chapters, divided into two main sections. The papers selected constitute relevant contributions to the field of lexicography accounting for the achievements, challenges and unexpected possibilities that lexicographers come across. Therefore, the book is obviously addressed to lexicographers but also to people in general with a certain degree of expertise and interest in the hard task of dictionary-making and its technicalities. In her introduction to the book, Priya reflects on the fact that, although dictionaries are a common tool in everyday work, few people seem to realise exactly how much arduous work goes into the process of dictionary-making. The editor also provides the reader with an illuminating overview of the topic in which she reflects on lexicography and the value of dictionaries, and then goes on to deal briefly with the theme, motivation, research methods and outcome of each of the papers in the volume on an individual basis
Dictionary-making Nuria Edo Marzá describes herself as a researcher interested in specialised lex... more Dictionary-making Nuria Edo Marzá describes herself as a researcher interested in specialised lexicography, terminology, and specialised languages, and presents the specialised lexicographical approach (SLA) as “the result of a natural evolution in the field of specialised dictionary-making that goes a step further the “mere ” terminographical practice”; she also adds that the SLA will lead to the construction of “specialised, active, user-friendly, user-focused, corpus-based dictionaries deeply grounded on the belief that terminology has a practical, communicative dimension that terminographical works have not normally reflected”. The above reflection is in line with the wealth of metalexicography and dictionary-research carried out in the field of lexicography, especially by proponents of functional approaches to lexicography who have committed themselves to making specialised dictionaries aiming at satisfying the needs users have in communicative and cognitive use situations. Rec...
From the Editors RESEARCH ON NEW METHODS FOR TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS: A FOCUS ON SPEAKING PERFORM... more From the Editors RESEARCH ON NEW METHODS FOR TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS: A FOCUS ON SPEAKING PERFORMANCE The current issue has speaking performance as a conducting thread, specifically, the research undertaken on new methods to test it. Testing language skills and defining the constructs under which tests need to be constructed is a complex task. Particularly, assessing speaking performance is a rather intricate process with many agents and variables involved and many factors affecting the final outcome. Subjectivity, fairness, anxiety, cognitive and metacognitive aspects, particular features of speech, individual abilities, and social constraints among others make the mastery of speaking in a foreign language and its subsequent assessment a definitely arduous task. Critical reflection and research on the part of educational institutions, researchers, test developers or any person undertaking assessment is of paramount importance to guarantee the adequacy, reliability and success of th...
Tienda online donde Comprar Spoken English For The Medical Profesional al precio 22,11 € de Nuria... more Tienda online donde Comprar Spoken English For The Medical Profesional al precio 22,11 € de Nuria Edo Marza, tienda de Libros de Medicina, Libros de Humanidades medicas / DICCIONARIOS - Nomenclatura y diccionarios en medicina
Video abstracts have emerged to supplement and support the information provided in written abstra... more Video abstracts have emerged to supplement and support the information provided in written abstracts (Luzón & Pérez-Llantada, 2019). This new genre, characterised by the combined use of verbal and non-verbal semiotic resources, contributes to making content more accessible and visible to the audience (Plastina, 2017). A key aspect in this respect is how authors use various communicative modes not only to disseminate content but also to establish interpersonal meaning with their audience. The purpose of this study is to explore how authors in the field of health science orchestrate varied modes to enhance their own voice and effectively engage their audiences through written and video abstracts. For this purpose, a dataset of 10 written abstracts and their corresponding video abstracts are analysed from a multimodal discourse perspective. The study reveals the way authors take stance verbally (e.g. inclusive we, hedges, boosters) and enact engagement multimodally (e.g. self-mention,...
Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras
One of the most innovative genres in today’s business communication is the product pitch (PP), ma... more One of the most innovative genres in today’s business communication is the product pitch (PP), mainly characterised by its multisemiotic nature (Daly & Davy, 2016), which makes it essential to take a multimodal approach to the analysis and teaching of this genre (Tamarit & Skorczynska, 2014; Valeiras-Jurado, 2017). However, despite the increasing importance of this oral genre in the business field, little research has been conducted on the teaching of PPs to business ESP students. The purpose of this paper is therefore to present an innovative pedagogical model consisting of a learner-led genre-based pedagogy based on a teaching-learning cycle that fosters critical thinking and multimodal awareness (AUTHOR, 2019). Following the four stages of the cycle proposed, and with the constant scaffolding of the lecturer in the initial stages, a group of tertiary business students were requested to decode the multimodal ensembles of a YouTube PP to subsequently create their own PPs. These sam...
Lexicography. The Changing Landscape is a collection of selected papers, originally published in ... more Lexicography. The Changing Landscape is a collection of selected papers, originally published in prestigious books and journals, which aims to present current research in the field of dictionary-making and lexicographical research in general. The book, edited by Salonee Priya, comprises 12 papers, or chapters, divided into two main sections. The papers selected constitute relevant contributions to the field of lexicography accounting for the achievements, challenges and unexpected possibilities that lexicographers come across. Therefore, the book is obviously addressed to lexicographers but also to people in general with a certain degree of expertise and interest in the hard task of dictionary-making and its technicalities. In her introduction to the book, Priya reflects on the fact that, although dictionaries are a common tool in everyday work, few people seem to realise exactly how much arduous work goes into the process of dictionary-making. The editor also provides the reader with an illuminating overview of the topic in which she reflects on lexicography and the value of dictionaries, and then goes on to deal briefly with the theme, motivation, research methods and outcome of each of the papers in the volume on an individual basis
Dictionary-making Nuria Edo Marzá describes herself as a researcher interested in specialised lex... more Dictionary-making Nuria Edo Marzá describes herself as a researcher interested in specialised lexicography, terminology, and specialised languages, and presents the specialised lexicographical approach (SLA) as “the result of a natural evolution in the field of specialised dictionary-making that goes a step further the “mere ” terminographical practice”; she also adds that the SLA will lead to the construction of “specialised, active, user-friendly, user-focused, corpus-based dictionaries deeply grounded on the belief that terminology has a practical, communicative dimension that terminographical works have not normally reflected”. The above reflection is in line with the wealth of metalexicography and dictionary-research carried out in the field of lexicography, especially by proponents of functional approaches to lexicography who have committed themselves to making specialised dictionaries aiming at satisfying the needs users have in communicative and cognitive use situations. Rec...
From the Editors RESEARCH ON NEW METHODS FOR TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS: A FOCUS ON SPEAKING PERFORM... more From the Editors RESEARCH ON NEW METHODS FOR TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS: A FOCUS ON SPEAKING PERFORMANCE The current issue has speaking performance as a conducting thread, specifically, the research undertaken on new methods to test it. Testing language skills and defining the constructs under which tests need to be constructed is a complex task. Particularly, assessing speaking performance is a rather intricate process with many agents and variables involved and many factors affecting the final outcome. Subjectivity, fairness, anxiety, cognitive and metacognitive aspects, particular features of speech, individual abilities, and social constraints among others make the mastery of speaking in a foreign language and its subsequent assessment a definitely arduous task. Critical reflection and research on the part of educational institutions, researchers, test developers or any person undertaking assessment is of paramount importance to guarantee the adequacy, reliability and success of th...
Tienda online donde Comprar Spoken English For The Medical Profesional al precio 22,11 € de Nuria... more Tienda online donde Comprar Spoken English For The Medical Profesional al precio 22,11 € de Nuria Edo Marza, tienda de Libros de Medicina, Libros de Humanidades medicas / DICCIONARIOS - Nomenclatura y diccionarios en medicina
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