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Rounds, Patricia L. – English for Specific Purposes, 1987
Study of the language produced by teachers in American university mathematics classrooms suggests that teachers redefine or remap the semantic domains of the first and second person pronouns to include third person and indefinite reference. There were five sets of discourse-defined semantic mappings for the pronoun "we." (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Koo, Swit Ling; Koh, Lily – 1994
A study of individual variability in second-language learners' performance in specific classroom tasks is presented as evidence that instruction in language for special purposes (LSP) has an important role to play. Subjects were 17 Singapore university students in a remedial English course; all had studied English since elementary school. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Needs, Error Analysis (Language), Group Discussion
Orr, Thomas – 1996
College teachers of English for Science and Technology (EST) are encouraged to conduct research in preparation for designing appropriate writing instruction. Specific recommendations are made for creating such a program, providing adequate support, and organizing its content, with examples offered from the program in computer science writing at…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Science, Dialogs (Language)
Guevel, Zelie, Ed.; Valentine, Egan, Ed. – 1998
Essays on the teaching of translation and on specialized translation, all in French, include: "Perspectives d'optimisation de la formation du traducteur: quelques reflexions" ("Perspectives on Optimization of Training of Translation Teachers: Some Reflections") (Egan Valentine); "L'enseignement de la revision…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Dictionaries