ESP for Engineers: A Reassessment.

Yin, Koh Moy

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Publication Date: 1988

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ESP for Engineers: A Reassessment.

Yin, Koh Moy

ELT Journal, v42 n2 p102-08 Apr 1988

Many foreign engineering undergraduates already have adequate English skills for the technical part of their academic and professional purposes, but still have problems with communication and interactive skills. Conventional ESP courses may not meet their needs, so an alternate program is proposed. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Objectives, Educational Needs, Engineering Education, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Intercultural Communication, Language Proficiency, Speech Skills, Undergraduate Students

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Identifiers - Location: Singapore

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