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Overview

John M. Swales is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Arts and Humanities, with notable contributions in Literature and Literary Theory, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies
  • Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
  • Scientometrics and Bibliometrics Research

Swales has published in various academic venues, frequently appearing in:

  • English for Specific Purposes
  • Journal of Second Language Writing
  • Text and Talk

Among their recent papers are:

  • Task evolution in English for Academic Purposes writing materials: The case of "Information Transfer" to "Critical Commentary", 2023, Journal of Second Language Writing
  • ESP serial publications before The ESP Journal/English for Specific Purposes: Recollections and reflections of an old-timer, 2020, English for Specific Purposes
  • Book Review, 2021, English for Specific Purposes

They have also collaborated with a number of frequent coauthors, including:

  • Ruiying Yang
  • Liang Xu
  • Christine B. Feak
  • Srikant Sarangi
  • Jean Pietrowicz

Best Publications

  • Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings

    John Swales

  • Research Genres: Explorations and Applications

    John M. Swales

  • Aspects of article introductions

    John Swales

  • Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings

    Ingrid Pufahl;John M. Swales

  • Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills

    John M. Swales;Christine B. Feak

  • Genre identification and communicative purpose: A problem and a possible solution

    Inger Askehave;John M Swales

  • Genre and the new rhetoric

    John M. Swales;Aviva Freedman;Peter Medway

  • Episodes in ESP : a source and reference book on the development of English for science and technology

    John Swales

  • English in Today's Research World: A Writing Guide

    John M Swales;Christine A Feak

  • Other Floors, Other Voices: A Textography of a Small University Building

    John M. Swales

  • A corpus-based EAP course for NNS doctoral students: Moving from available specialized corpora to self-compiled corpora

    David Y. W. Lee;John M Swales

  • English as Tyrannosaurus rex

    John M. Swales

  • ESL student reaction to written comments on their written work

    Patricia M. Radecki;John M. Swales

  • Occluded Genres in the Academy

    John M. Swales

  • Discourse and the Projection of Corporate Culture: The Mission Statement:

    John M. Swales;Priscilla S. Rogers

  • The Writing of Research Article Introductions

    John M. Swales;Hazem Najjar

  • CITATION ANALYSIS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

    John Swales

  • Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd Edition: Essential Tasks and Skills

    John Swales;Christine Feak

  • HOW TO USE CORPORA IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

    John M. Swales

  • Disciplinary discourses: social interactions in academic writing

    John M Swales

  • Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge.

    John Swales

  • Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills : a course for nonnative speakers of English

    John Swales;Christine B. Feak

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