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Latorre, Guillermo; Kaulen, M. Angelica – ESP Journal, 1985
Describes a study into what happens when academics who learned English for Special Purposes broadened their goals and attempted reading geared to those with a knowledge of "general" English. Results showed that participant comprehension increased significantly, but reading speed did not consistently increase. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Academic Education, English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Learning Motivation
Culhane, Terry, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Papers include: "ESP Tests: The Problem of Student Background Discipline (J. C. Alderson, A. H. Urquhart); "The Lexical Richness of L2 Written Productions and the Validity of Vocabulary Tests" (P. J. L. Arnaud); "The Construction of a Modular Thematic Task Bound English Language Achievement Test Battery for Kuwait" (M. I. Baghdady); "The Fill-In…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Communication, Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages)
