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Kelly, Jacquelyn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students may use the technical engineering terms without knowing what these words mean. This creates a language barrier in engineering that influences student learning. Previous research has been conducted to characterize the difference between colloquial and scientific language. Since this research had not yet been applied explicitly to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Introductory Courses, Jargon, Language Proficiency