{"id":5253,"date":"2026-01-19T09:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/?p=5253"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:52:02","slug":"espsig-webinar-4th-march-10am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/?p=5253","title":{"rendered":"ESPSIG Webinar, Professor Guangwei Hu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cross-disciplinary differences in knowledge-making practices and academic discourse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Guangwei Hu<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Hong Kong Polytechnic University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">March 4th, 10am UK, 11am CET, 6pm Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5254 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Guangwei-Hu2_560x860.jpg\" alt=\"Guangwei Hu\" width=\"180\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Guangwei-Hu2_560x860.jpg 560w, https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Guangwei-Hu2_560x860-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Members of a disciplinary community share deep-seated epistemological assumptions that underlie and motivate their discursive practices. This talk outlines, in broad terms, the relationship between disciplinarity and academic discourse. Drawing on Basil Bernstein\u2019s work on knowledge structures in disciplinary inquiry and Karl Maton\u2019s realist sociology of knowledge-making, the talk discusses how dominant knowledge-knower structures operating in different disciplines may shape the rhetorical and discourse strategies used by members of these disciplines in academic communication. It then presents findings from the speaker\u2019s research on cross-disciplinary differences in academic discourse and relates these findings to discipline-specific knowledge-making practices. To conclude, the talk discusses the pedagogical implications of the presented research for English for Academic\/Specific Purposes (EAP\/ESP) programs and courses, and proposes strategies for socializing students into the academic discourse of their disciplinary communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-disciplinary differences in knowledge-making practices and academic discourse Guangwei Hu The Hong Kong Polytechnic University March 4th, 10am UK, 11am CET, 6pm Hong Kong Members of a disciplinary community share deep-seated epistemological assumptions that underlie and motivate their discursive practices. This talk outlines, in broad terms, the relationship between disciplinarity and academic discourse. 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