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Ke Hu; Asmaa AlSaqqaf – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2024
Developing effective oral business English (OBE) curricula requires clearly understanding student needs. This study evaluated the speaking needs of Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) undergraduates majoring in business English for specific purposes (ESP), aiming to inform the design of a teaching module that bridges the gap between…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Venkateswara, U.; Divya, John – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
This investigation focused on the speaking-skills component of the syllabi of Technical English I and II (Regulation 2013) at Anna University in Chennai, India. It was meant to formulate strategies for effective schemes to develop the English-speaking skills of engineering students in the colleges affiliated to the University. The major research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Skills, Communication Skills, Second Language Learning
Sato, Takanori; McNamara, Tim – Applied Linguistics, 2019
Applied linguists have developed complex theories of the ability to communicate in a second language (L2). However, the perspectives on L2 communication ability of speakers who are not trained language professionals have been incorporated neither into theories of communication ability nor in the criteria for assessing performance on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Applied Linguistics, Linguistic Theory

Hanzeli, Victor E. – Modern Language Journal, 1975
Deals with the provisional grammar known as Learner's Language that foreign language learners develop in the learning process. Data derived from observing Learner's Language have two major implications for foreign language teaching: the reordering of learning sequences, and the need for providing a full communicative context throughout the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Error Patterns

Riddle, Elizabeth – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Argues that a major cause of the inconsistent use of the past tense even by very advanced learners of English as a second language is an inadequate understanding of its actual meaning and discourse function. Suggestions are offered for teaching and practicing this tense in context. (SED)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis
Ringbom, Hakan, Ed. – 1983
At irregular intervals, beginning in 1977, Swedish-Finnish conferences on contrastive and applied linguistics have been arranged in Stockholm and Turko/Abo. This volume presents most of the papers given at the 1982 conference. Papers include: "Free Recall of Mixed Language Lists. Error Patterns in Bilingual Memory" (Karin Aronsson, Anja Metsola,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Error Patterns
Richards, David R. – 1977
The interlanguage hypothesis stresses that errors are a normal part of the language learning process. At the same time, in the view of many, the teacher has a responsibility to provide short cuts for the learner through appropriate corrective feedback. Conventionally, this has been taken to imply correction of expression by requiring repetition of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)