Appraising Research: Evaluation in Academic Writing

Evaluative language in discussion sections of doctoral theses: Similarities and differences between L1 Chinese and L1 English writers

“…Hood, 2004;Bitchener & Basturkmen, 2006) which argues that Chinese students are in general reluctant to critique. The L1 Chinese writers' preference for Pronounce indicates that, compared with their counterparts, they seemed to be more inclined to directly intervene in the text by presenting themselves as responsible for the new proposition being advanced.…”

Appraisal Patterns in Chinese EFL Argumentative Essays

“…As such, writings of this type reflect not only students' use of evaluative language but their critical way of thinking. One of the challenges that EFL writing teaching faces is how to balance the 'deep approach' and the 'surface approach' (Ramsden, 2003;Hood, 2004). The former is more focused on structural and lexical usages and the latter concerns with reasoning and critical analysis.…”

Formas linguísticas de inscrição do outro e do eu-mesmo na escrita de Relatórios de Estágio de professores de línguas em formação

“…O Sistema de Projeção pode ser realizado também pelas metáfo-ras que envolvem os usos dos processos comportamentais e materiais mediante nominalizações de processos verbais e mentais (Hood 2010;Moyano 2013;Moyano 2015).…”