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Lertkultanon, Suneeporn; Sarobol, Nopporn – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
Many benefits of using project work in English language classrooms have been shown in several studies. Students could develop their language skills, collaborative skills, research skills and other skills that they can apply in their future jobs. The aim of this present study is to investigate the benefits that university students gained as well as…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tatzl, Dietmar – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This article presents the design and evaluation of an intensive presentations course for aeronautical engineering students based on cyclic video recordings. The target group of this course in English for specific purposes (ESP) were undergraduate final-year students who needed to improve their presentation and foreign language skills to prepare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Aerospace Education, Engineering Education
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Choi, Julie; Nunan, David – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
In contemporary educational contexts, technology, globalization, and mobility have brought about a blurring of the boundary between language learning and activation in and beyond the classroom. (We prefer the term "activation" to "use" as it has a more dynamic connotation.) This contrasts with the pre-globalized, pre-Internet…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Usage
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Hartwell, Laura M.; Jacques, Marie-Paule – Research-publishing.net, 2012
Both reading and writing abstracts require specific language skills and conceptual capacities, which may challenge advanced learners. This paper draws explicitly upon the "Emergence" and "Scientext" research projects which focused on the lexis of scientific texts in French and English. The teaching objective of the project…
Descriptors: Documentation, French, Computational Linguistics, Language Skills
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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
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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