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Download full textRen, Junhong; Wang, Na – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study investigates students' motivation in college English learning under production-oriented approach by means of a questionnaire. Forty students in their first-year study participated in this survey. They came from four different disciplines: electronic engineering, automatic engineering, mechanic engineering and power engineering. They…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Change
Seiradakis, Emmanouela; Spantidakis, ?oannis – English Language Teaching, 2019
Recent findings suggest that genre-based tasks such as move analysis when underpinned by the theory of metacognition can familiarize undergraduate students with newly encountered academic genres such as the research article. However, there still is a limited understanding about how and when novices engage in socially shared metacognitive…
Descriptors: Metacognition, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
García-Pinar, Aránzazu – English Language Teaching, 2019
Authentic materials, if appropriate to the learning situation, might turn the classroom environment into a more engaging place, where motivation might be generated through the performance of meaningful tasks. This article describes how a Text-Based Instruction approach can provide the basis for the design of an ESP syllabus based on relevant,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speeches
Bhaskar, C. Vijaya; Soundiraraj, S. – English Language Teaching, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to find out whether there is any change in the attitude of students towards English Language Learning (ELL) when they come for college education after completing the school education. The transformation in the attitude of students from school to college was examined in terms of marks, interest towards English language,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Liao, Hui-Chuan; Chen, Yeh-uh Hsueh – English Language Teaching, 2012
The importance of English for the workplace, in addition to that of general English proficiency, is receiving increasing attention from educators and policy makers in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. In order to prepare college students for their professional development, appropriate English-for-specific-purposes (ESP)…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Instructional Materials, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Material Evaluation
Clement, A.; Murugavel, T. – English Language Teaching, 2015
This article examines the effectiveness of English language courses offered in the engineering colleges in India. Many engineering graduates in India are found to be unemployable due to their poor communication skills and lack of confidence. There have been a lot of research papers that have reiterated the importance of improving engineering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Higher Education, College Students
