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Tatzl, Dietmar; Messnarz, Bernd – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
This article investigates the influence of English as the examination language on the solution of physics and science problems by non-native speakers in tertiary engineering education. For that purpose, a statistically significant total number of 96 students in four year groups from freshman to senior level participated in a testing experiment in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Skinner, I.; Mort, P. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
This paper reports the integration of supplementary training in academic literacy, for those without the assumed entry standard, into a standard electrical engineering program without compromising any other educational objectives. All students who commenced an engineering degree were tested as part of their first session's assessment activities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Engineering