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Lee, Joyce; Wu, Kam Yin; Lee, Eric Ping Chung – THAITESOL Journal, 2022
Syntactic complexity is a crucial aspect of linguistic proficiency and thus understanding and supporting such development in learners is a keen concern for language teachers. Research conducted has shown growing sophistication of noun phrase structures by writers of different abilities in academic writing (Biber & Gray, 2010; Liu & Li,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Writing Skills, Language Proficiency, Technical Writing
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Hatam, Amir Hussein; Shafiei, Shilan – English Language Teaching, 2012
The purpose of the present study was twofold. Firstly, it tried to investigate the relationship between the technical English proficiency of the students of Mechanical Engineering in the universities of Iran and their technical translation proficiency in translating technical texts of Mechanics. Secondly, it attempted to evaluate the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English for Special Purposes, Translation, Language Proficiency
Gimeno, Ana; Seiz, Rafael; de Siqueira, Jose Macario; Martinez, Antonio – Online Submission, 2010
The future professional world of today's students is becoming a life-long learning process where they have to adapt to a changing market and an environment full of new opportunities and challenges. Thus, the development of a number of personal and professional skills, in addition to technical content and knowledge, is a crucial part of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Web Based Instruction, Multimedia Instruction