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John Flowerdew is affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Arts and Humanities as well as Social Sciences, with particular focus areas in Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, Artificial Intelligence, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their work concentrates on topics such as Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Multilingual Education and Policy, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition and Learning, Text Readability and Simplification, and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies.

Recent publications by John Flowerdew include the following papers:

  • Models of English for Research Publication Purposes, 2022, published in World Englishes
  • Data-driven Learning: From Collins Cobuild Dictionary to ChatGPT, 2024, published in Language Teaching

John Flowerdew has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Yongyan Li, Pejman Habibie, Yuting Lin, Meiling Chen, and Qianshan Chen.

They have published multiple articles in venues such as:

  • English for Specific Purposes
  • Language Teaching
  • World Englishes
  • Journal of Second Language Writing
  • Critical Discourse Studies

John Flowerdew's scholarly contributions extend to examining pedagogical initiatives for teaching English in research publication contexts and exploring language models adapted for specific research communication needs. Their work engages with both linguistic theory and practical aspects of language education and technology-assisted learning.

Best Publications

  • Second language listening : theory and practice

    John Flowerdew;Lindsay Miller

  • Discourse Community, Legitimate Peripheral Participation, and the Nonnative-English-Speaking Scholar.

    John Flowerdew

  • Problems in writing for scholarly publication in English: The case of Hong Kong

    John Flowerdew

  • Research Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes

    John Flowerdew;Matthew Peacock

  • Academic Listening: Research Perspectives

    John Flowerdew

  • Attitudes of Journal Editors to Nonnative Speaker Contributions

    John Flowerdew

  • The power of semiotic software: a critical multimodal perspective

    Emilia Djonov;Theo van Leeuwen

  • On the Notion of Culture in L2 Lectures

    John Flowerdew;Lindsay Miller

  • Writing for scholarly publication in English: The case of Hong Kong

    John Flowerdew

  • An educational, or process, approach to the teaching of professional genres

    John Flowerdew

  • Scholarly writers who use English as an Additional Language: What can Goffman's ''Stigma'' tell us?

    John Flowerdew

  • Language Re-use among Chinese Apprentice Scientists Writing for Publication

    John Flowerdew;Yongyan Li

  • Student Perceptions, Problems and Strategies in Second Language Lecture Comprehension

    John Flowerdew;Lindsay Miller

  • The Effect of Discourse Markers on Second Language Lecture Comprehension

    John Flowerdew;Steve Tauroza

  • Discourse in English Language Education

    John Flowerdew

  • Signalling nouns in discourse

    John Flowerdew

  • Advances in Discourse Studies

    Vijay K. Bhatia;John Flowerdew;Rodney H. Jones

  • English or Chinese? The trade-off between local and international publication among Chinese academics in the humanities and social sciences

    John Flowerdew;Yongyan Li

  • Shaping Chinese novice scientists' manuscripts for publication

    Yongyan Li;John Flowerdew

  • The teaching of academic listening comprehension and the question of authenticity

    John Flowerdew;Lindsay Miller

  • Academic Listening: Research Perspectives

    Maureen Weissenrieder;John Flowerdew

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