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Download full textHe, Chunyan; Han, Fei – English Language Teaching, 2018
Recent years, most universities and colleges have been reforming the English as a foreign language (EFL) curriculum system in China. Some reformed EFL curriculum into English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses, for instance, while some conducted a graded teaching model in EFL teaching. However, the effect of this reform was not so good,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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
Hatam, Amir Hussein; Shafiei, Shilan – English Language Teaching, 2012
The purpose of the present study was twofold. Firstly, it tried to investigate the relationship between the technical English proficiency of the students of Mechanical Engineering in the universities of Iran and their technical translation proficiency in translating technical texts of Mechanics. Secondly, it attempted to evaluate the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English for Special Purposes, Translation, Language Proficiency
