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Beneke, Juergen – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1979
Referring to a recent British publication, discusses linguistic problems in technical language and their relevance to foreign language teaching. Mentions specifically "cognitive structures" common to the foreign and the native languages, which can facilitate understanding technical texts. Discusses also "modes of discourse" which are relevant to…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, English for Special Purposes
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1980
The following articles on the performance of foreign students in English universities are included: (1) "Team Teaching and the Role of the ESP Teacher" by P. Skehan; (2) "Performance of Overseas Postgraduate Students: A Management Teacher's View" by J. C. Watt; (3) "Experiences of a Postgraduate Physics Course Tutor with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arabs, Engineering Education, English for Special Purposes
Peer reviewedShih, May – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Urges English for academic purposes programs to devise more holistic, task- and text-specific, strategy-oriented approaches for reading instruction. Recommendations are given for selecting reading materials, defining criterion tasks, and providing strategy instruction in reading strategies. The promotion of learner independence and use of content…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English for Special Purposes, Personal Autonomy, Reading Comprehension
Culhane, P. T., Ed.; White, J., Ed. – 1979
Five papers on testing in English as a second language are included in this volume. "A Preliminary Diagnostic Test for Adult Immigrants" by Johan I. Arthur presents the first stage in a project to develop a test for limited English speaking adults in the Colchester, Essex area. "An Initial Testing Battery on a Course for Air Traffic…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Diagnostic Tests
Chambers, Fred, Ed.; McDonough, Jo, Ed. – 1980
The following papers on English for special purposes are collected here: (1) "An Investigation of Some of the English Language Problems of Overseas Students at the National College of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe" by M. Keech; (2) "The Organization of Pre-sessional Courses, with Special Reference to Seminar Skills" by S.R. Slater; (3) "Notes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, English for Special Purposes
Al Manakh, Journal of The Language Centre, 1980
This issue of a journal devoted primarily to teaching English as a second language to engineering students contains the following articles: (1) "The Contribution of Educational Technology to ELT [English Language Teaching]" by Mike Laflin; (2) "Looking Again at Student-Centred Study Skills" by Andrew E. Seymour; (3)…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Technology, Engineering Education, English for Special Purposes
Croft, Kenneth, Ed. – 1980
Thirty-five articles on teaching English as a second language are presented under the following headings: (1) "Trends and Practices," (2) "The Matter of Errors," (3) "Second Language Acquisition," (4) "Speaking and Understanding," (5) "Reading and Writing," (6) "Vocabulary," (7) "Testing," and (8) "The Matter of Culture." Authors include Clifford…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Adult Students, Affective Behavior
