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Clement, A.; Murugavel, T. – English Language Teaching, 2015
This article examines the effectiveness of English language courses offered in the engineering colleges in India. Many engineering graduates in India are found to be unemployable due to their poor communication skills and lack of confidence. There have been a lot of research papers that have reiterated the importance of improving engineering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Higher Education, College Students
Love, Alison – 1990
In Zimbabwe, university students continue to have problems with scientific communication despite the fact that English is a widely-used second language and students have received most formal science instruction in English. However, the problems differ from those of both students of English as a foreign language and students studying their first…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English for Science and Technology, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
Bynum, Henri Sue – 1985
The development of a program and curriculum for instruction in technical English for Saudi Arabian petrochemical plant operator trainees studying in the United States for two years was undertaken by the University of South Alabama's English Language Center. The program was designed to accommodate (1) the degree of skills and prior learning of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Fahmy, Jane Jackson; Bilton, Linda – 1990
A survey of 376 first-year Arab university students at Sultan Qaboos University (Oman) investigated attitudes about the use of English as a medium for instruction in science and technology. Questionnaires elicited information about student language background, reasons for studying English, patterns of present and future use of English, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Freshmen, English for Science and Technology, English (Second Language)
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Fradd, Sandra H. – TESOL Journal, 1997
Describes the teaching-learning process occurring as two university professors and eight fourth-grade teachers collaborated to promote science instruction by building on the teachers' insights about their students' languages and cultures. The study focuses on Hispanic and Haitian teachers whose students were still developing academic language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Culture Contact