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Leard, Abha Prakash – Forum, 1998
Addresses the need for teaching gender-neutral English in the Indian context, and shares the mixed response of undergraduate science students in a functional English course. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Graduate 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
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Boyle, Erlinda R. – System, 1993
The English-for-Science-and-Technology (EST) versus English-for-General-Purposes (EGP) dilemma is reviewed and a Hong Kong study is reported. Results of a study of EST and EGP students suggest that a balance between the two approaches would be more appropriate and useful for future career purposes. (eight references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, English for Academic Purposes, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries
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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