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This chapter focuses on the importance of teaching pragmatic competence in English as a medium of instruction. In order to identify if teachers who use English as a medium of instruction use pragmatic strategies when explaining the key points of their subjects, 50 learning objects (digital recordings) were compiled and the English language used by teachers analysed. Some metadiscoursal strategies such as the use of hedges and boosters were identified and classified. A quantitative analysis as well as a qualitative analysis was carried out to identify if teachers used pragmatic strategies in their presentations and, from those results, some strategies that may be used by teachers involved in English as a medium of instruction (EMI) to improve pragmatic competence were described in detail.
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Antennas for mobile communications
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Antennas for Wireless Systems
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Architecture for mixed-critically systems
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AVD. Unit 3. The WHILE language
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Business process modelling
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Business process reengineering (BPR)
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Characterization of fabrics. Density
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Characterization of fabrics. Introduction
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Control Benefits. A look at the future
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Economic effects of IT on business
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Effect of temperature on photovoltaic modules
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Exercise grid-connected systems. Design of a 100 kW PV array
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Fundamentals of electrical systems for photovoltaic installations: DC systems
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Introduction Foundations of Business Management
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Introduction to the Course Advanced mathematics for Antenna Analysis
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LENS ANTENNAS—Part 5.1: Graded index lenses
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Master’s degree in Business, in business, Product and Service Management
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Mechanical testing. Tensile test
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Microwave Filters for Communications Systems Topic 4. EM Techniques for the Physical Realization of Microwave Filters
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Microwave Filters for Communications Systems. Topic 7 Practical Considerations Pic. 1 The System Perspective Course Outline & Highlights
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Carrió-Pastor, M.L. (2020). English as a Medium of Instruction: What about Pragmatic Competence?. In: Carrió-Pastor, M. (eds) Internationalising Learning in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21587-3_7
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