Sumários

26 Março 2026, 09:30 • John Richard Walker

Using metatext for persuasion.

"Selling" versus "Telling" and the cultural impact on anglophone societies.

Boosters and hedges (Ken Hyland)

The negotiation of academic knowledge.

The Manchester Academic Phrasebank (John Morley) pp44-49

23 Março 2026, 09:30 • John Richard Walker

Discourse markers and how they can be used to show the reader how the text is organised and help her/him to navigate the text.

Different categories of discourse marker.

Inserting appropriate discourse markers into an argumentative essay (pp42-43)

19 Março 2026, 09:30 • John Richard Walker

I was unable to be present due to a family illness. Students warned by circular email.

16 Março 2026, 09:30 • John Richard Walker

The principles of meta-text for organisation and for persuasion (signposting), in accordance with studies by Ken Hyland (pp38-41)

12 Março 2026, 09:30 • John Richard Walker

Reconstruction of the paragraphs in the article so as to ensure that each paragraph contains a single idea made up of several thuoghts.

Analysis of native-speaker texts with topic sentences, idea development and exemplification (pp35-37)