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Neville, David O.; Britt, David W. – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional methodology placing primary emphasis on students solving realistic problems in a team-oriented environment. In this article, authors discuss using PBL to integrate a language for specific purposes (LSP) track into an undergraduate biological engineering curriculum as a way to prepare students for an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Skills, Problem Based Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Knutson, Elizabeth M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Reviews research demonstrating that reading texts with a particular perspective facilitates comprehension and increases reader interest. Suggests approaches to the teaching of texts that provide learners with purpose, including student-generated text collections, communicative tasks with reading components and interest tasks. (31 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Objectives, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension