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Peer reviewedSoheili, A.; Barjasteh, D.; Al Qadhi, Laila – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2001
Proposes "technicisation" theory with five central hypotheses to account for various aspects of foreign students learning Technical English (TE), including its linguistic, learning, experiential, cultural, and motivational dimensions. Suggests that the fundamental hypotheses are applicable to TE learning but they may, mutatis mutandis,…
Descriptors: Engineering, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Download full textVarantola, Krista – 1984
The results of a study of chain compounds, heavily modified noun phrase structures, used in the language of three engineering journals are presented. The findings conlude that: chain compounds appear to be more common in American than British English; chain compounds can be classified in several groups according to their structure, the most common…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Engineering, English, English for Science and Technology
