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Download full textCheng, He-ping – TESL Canada Journal, 1988
Reviews the political, economic, and educational situations in China to explain why the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) has revived and to forecast the development of EFL over the next two decades. Topics explored include language needs of students of science and technology, teaching methodologies, and teacher training. (CB)
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Peer reviewedSwales, John – TESOL Quarterly, 1987
Outlines and illustrates an approach to the teaching of research English on a group basis which derives from four bodies of literature: (1) the sociology of science, (2) citation analysis, (3) technical writing, and (4) English for academic purposes. This approach gives the ESL instructor insight into the students' research writing processes and…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, College Students, Content Area Writing, English (Second Language)
