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Belcher, Diane D. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1991
Describes a special on-site writing course for advanced learners of English working in a research and development division that addresses students' needs (acculturation and lessening of writing anxiety) through in-class contrastive analysis of semitechnical documents produced by novice nonnative speaker writers and by experienced native and…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Professional Training, Technical Writing, Writing Instruction
Walsh, Kath; Rebaczonok-Padulo, Michael – Guidelines, 1993
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, a leading postsecondary technical institution in Singapore, offers English for academic and occupational purposes to prepare students for writing their final year projects. This article discusses the approaches used in Mechanical Engineering and Biotechnology projects. A sample exercise is appended. (Contains two references.)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSwales, John – TESOL Quarterly, 1987
Outlines and illustrates an approach to the teaching of research English on a group basis which derives from four bodies of literature: (1) the sociology of science, (2) citation analysis, (3) technical writing, and (4) English for academic purposes. This approach gives the ESL instructor insight into the students' research writing processes and…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, College Students, Content Area Writing, English (Second Language)
