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| Title: | Reconciling efforts to understand engineering intellect: Research articles from linguistic perspective |
| Authors: | Budsaba, Kanoksilapatham |
| E-mail: | kanoksib@hotmail.com |
| Keywords: | International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010)
Biomedical engineering
Health Care
Academic
Higher education |
| Issue Date: | 12-Nov-2010 |
| Publisher: | Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) |
| Department: | Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship |
| Series/Report no.: | Proceedings of the International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering 2010 (ICoHSE 2010) |
| Abstract: | Biomedical engineering is a relatively new sub-discipline of engineering. However,
this sub-discipline is particularly vital, focusing on improving human healthcare and
treatment. Meanwhile, English research articles are increasingly used in advanced education
as a means to disseminate and ratify knowledge. Therefore, the understanding of how
biomedical engineering research articles are constructed will be beneficial for both students
and practitioners in this sub-discipline. This study analyzes a set of the Methods section of
biomedical engineering research articles written in English with the objective of elucidating
what constitutes appropriate academic style of writing in this discipline and genre. The
dataset representing the high quality journals in the field is analyzed, using Swales’ genre
analysis (2004). The structural organization underlying the Methods section of biomedical
engineering research articles is identified, consisting of a set of information elements
organized in a particular pattern. The textual organization displays the unique and distintive
nature of academic communication in this sub-discipline. In addition, the findings are
pedagogically applicable, providing biomedical engineering graduates with the skills required
in disseminating their knowledge and expertise in the academia, and alerting them to the
existence of intellectual diversity. The study also demonstrates the role of linguistics to
provide an intellectual and holistic understanding of biomedical engineering enterprise. |
| Description: | The 2nd International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 12th - 14th November 2010 at Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11550 |
| Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers
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