Browsing Doctoral Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Smith, Philippa"
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Chinese EFL Teachers’ Written Feedback on Expository Argumentation (EA): a Sociocognitive Perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Although teacher written feedback on student writing has become a central topic for second language (L2) writing research, investigations into it have mainly focused on the surface-level errors of student writing. This ... -
A Comparison of Iran’s EFL and New Zealand’s ESL Teachers’ Stated Beliefs About Oral Corrective Feedback and Their Actual Classroom Practices
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Despite a growing attention to the field of teachers’ oral corrective feedback (OCF) beliefs and practices, studies have been limited in scope to certain aspects of OCF and their research contexts. Drawing upon Gass’s ... -
A Critical Discourse Study of Indigenous Language Revitalisation Policy in Taiwan
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This interdisciplinary study, at the intersection of language policy, Indigenous language revitalisation, Taiwan studies and critical discourse studies (CDS), investigated the Indigenous language revitalisation policies ... -
The Iran-US Nuclear Standoff in American Newspaper Opinion Pieces: A Study in Critical Discourse, Classical Rhetoric and Securitisation Theory
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Achievement of the 2015 nuclear agreement deal between Iran and the world powers was officially praised as a remarkable victory in the history of diplomacy by most of the world. However, elites’ reactions to it within Iran ... -
Setting the Agenda on Vietnam – How Foreign Mainstream Media Coverage Relates to a Country’s Reputation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Images of war victims and references to the wars that ended more than 40 years ago still dominate Vietnam’s international news coverage. The country, to some extent, is perceived as a damaged one, in spite of its significant ... -
Sharing Our Way: A Study of Caribbean Identity Using Liming As Culturally Affirming Research Methodology
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)In this thesis, two complementary strands of research are developed. The first strand seeks to analyse how people of Caribbean descent living in Aotearoa New Zealand articulate their cultural identity. The second strand ...