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Sevim Inal; Rahsan Karabulut – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2024
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is recognized as essential in preparing EFL students for their professional careers. Understanding students' perceptions and needs in ESP courses can provide significant insights for improving ESP programs and training for ESP practitioners. This study investigated university students' needs and learning…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students
Waddah Kamal Hassan Omer; Amr M. Mohamed; Mohammad Hamad Al-Khresheh – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2024
This study investigates the integration of English language skills in Saudi Arabian accounting education by employing a quantitative descriptive research design to examine faculty and student perceptions. Data were collected through validated questionnaires, distributed electronically to 18 faculty members using convenience sampling and 167…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Language Skills, Business Education
Dewi, Rahmatika – Industry and Higher Education, 2022
This study investigates the potential importance of the English skills element in the context of the Indonesian IT specialist workforce. Given the apparent incongruity of Indonesian IT specialists' lack of English skills and the current rapid growth in the IT sector and the number of digital start-ups in Indonesia, a question emerges: 'Are English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
Borhan, Mirza Mohammad – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
Over the last decades researches have been conducted on different disciplines and in teaching English for specific purposes in different contexts, but teaching technical words for doctors in the context of Afghanistan is the newest subject. The aim of this article is to explore the needs of doctors and prepare them a course to learn English. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language), Physicians
Foster, Morris John; Richardson, Christopher – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2022
Purpose: The aim of the research, in the East and Southeast Asia context, is to explore the advantages and problems of Buslish (business facilitation English) for managers and to generate suggestions for maximising the use of Buslish as a critical resource in organisational effectiveness, including potential educational support and its required…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, Business Communication, Language Usage
Putu Ayu Prabawati Sudana; Ni Made Ratminingsih; Ni Nyoman Padmadewi; Ni Luh Putu Sri Adnyani – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
The present study aims to identify the tasks needed and propose recommendation of topics and their coverage for the Business English course. This is a survey study employing a mixed method. The data were collected from 42 business professionals who use Business English in their workplace. The instruments used were a questionnaire and a…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Business English, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hsiao, I-Chun Vera; Hung, Shao-Ting Alan; Huang, Heng-Tsung Danny – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
The flipped classroom approach has been extensively adopted in STEM disciplines, while little empirical evidence has been found in language teaching and learning, especially in the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) context. This quasi-experimental study aimed to explore how the flipped classroom approach affected non-English majors'…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language), College Students
Kotlyarova, Irina; Chuvashova, Anna – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
This study explores how English for specific purposes can be effectively introduced into the training of technical major students to form profession-related skills. Students were provided with an opportunity to introduce acquired language skills into their future professional career when performing such professional task as the development of…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Job Skills, Language Skills, College Students
Kgabo Bridget Maphoto; Zuleika Suliman – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
This study explores the implementation of e-learning strategies to enhance workplace English competence. The focus is on a semester module that consists of approximately 10,000 first-year university students in an ODeL context in South Africa. The study's objective was to collect data and contribute to the field of language learning in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, English for Special Purposes
Muharom, Fauzi; Nugroho, Arif; Putra P., Heldy Ramadhan – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2022
Twenty-first-century teaching and learning provide online resources accessible to foster learning experience across time and spaces in an informal context. Hence, enhancing learners' voluntary adoption of digital devices is crucial to augment the promising assistance of technology for English language learning. This study sheds some light on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
Krerk Chetsadanuwat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
This study examines the English-nursing communicative skills, functions, and content needed by Thai nursing lecturers to define the specifications of the English for Nursing Purposes (ENP) coursebook for nursing students in the Thai curriculum. All faculty members (N=40) from the school of nursing at a public university in northern Thailand…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Padermprach, Napapach; Yaemtui, Wachirapong – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
To develop an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course for learners who would like to work as international relations officers (IROs), a Target Situation Analysis (TSA) is obligatory for course developers to arrive at a conclusion regarding the English language skills that learners have to master in order to work in this professional context…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, International Relations, Language Skills, Second Language Learning
Doeur, Bunhorn – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
The aim of the present study was to examine the role of teachers' attitudes and beliefs in the implementation of communicative language teaching (CLT) in Cambodian universities. It has repeatedly been demonstrated in past research to teach English for socio-economic, socio-cultural, and other pragmatic purposes in Cambodia. This research explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Interpersonal Communication
Thuratham, Wadinlada – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
For successful English language communication, EFL students are not only required to have effective language skills for the workplace, but also be able to use the language socially. This study aims to 1) examine student progress in language achievement in the airline context and 2) to investigate student attitudes towards the use of CLT activities…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes
Tahang, Heriyanti; Manuputty, Rensi; Uluelang, Kris; Yuliana – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
Identifying English for specific purposes material for particular students is the process of selecting, adjusting, and evaluating English material based on the unique needs of students. Need analysis is needed to identify ESP learning material. This research aimed to identify the students' needs based on goals, necessities, wants, and lacks in…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Needs