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Master, Peter – Forum, 1997
Defines the term "model" and reviews what the literature says about the use of models in the teaching of writing. Provides justification for the use of models in the teaching of English for science and technology and gives a practical demonstration. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Models, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Lynch, Brian K. – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Responds to criticism concerning a proposed model of evaluation for a Reading English for Science and Technology program. (seven references) (JL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Models, Program Evaluation
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Swales,John M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Discusses a proposed "context adaptive" model for English-as-a-Second-Language program evaluation and suggests that the boundaries are set too narrowly within this model between phenomena and contexts and that the model of the Reading English for Science and Technology program in Guadalajara (Mexico) suffers from this constriction.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Models
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St. Louis, Rubena; Pereira, Silvia – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2003
Discusses an English for science and technology course at Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela in which students were allowed to choose reading activities and alternative forms of assessment were implemented. Results of a questionnaire used to evaluate the course are provided. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries
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Golebiowski, Zofia – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1993
Describes the aims, design, and outcomes of a modular socio-cultural, negotiated curriculum in Scientific and Technical English for non-English-speaking background science and technology students in universities or industry. This curriculum is intended to provide language and acculturation bridging programs for overseas qualified personnel. (33…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology
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Diaz-Santos, Gilberto – English for Specific Purposes, 2000
Focuses on a particular teaching experience where a contemporary fiction work featuring high tech has been used as a source material in English for science and technology courses, and how this approach has had a positive impact on students' motivation to learn English as well as on their overall performance in the foreign language. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, English for Science and Technology, Fiction, Higher Education
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
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Gosden, Hugh – Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 1991
Examines the economic merits of teaching Research English to English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) student researchers, particularly in the fields of science and technology. It is suggested that a lack of sociopragmatic skills in the predominating reporting medium of English represents a potential barrier to entry into the international market of…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, English for Science and Technology, Higher Education, Language Skills
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
Champeau de Lopez, Cheryl L.; Marchi, Giancarla; Arreaza-Coyle, Maria E. – Forum, 1997
Discusses the first-year English program at Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela. The program is composed of three courses designed by language department professors to meet the needs of students who will major in different areas of science and technology.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries
Hyland, Ken – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1995
This paper presents the results of a review of 26 research articles, discussing the importance, frequency, and realization of hedges in science research article. It also considers why students find hedging so difficult to master and raises implications thereof. The need to present scientific claims with precision and caution means that hedges are…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Orr, Thomas, Ed. – 1995
This report contains a collection of articles that document the evolution of English for Science and Technology (EST) instruction and research--one of the earliest and most active branches of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Articles included are: (1) "WWW-Based Instruction for EST" (Roy Bowers); (2) "English for Medical Purposes in Mexico: A…
Descriptors: Educational Media, English for Science and Technology, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Chandrasegaran, Antonia – Guidelines, 1993
In business correspondence and technical communications, lack of coherence can cause serious misunderstanding. This paper examines how the problem of generating coherence is addressed in English for Business and Technology textbooks. It proposes a cognitive approach to skill building and presents a teaching procedure for doing so. (Contains two…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Coherence, English for Science and Technology