FLAX: Flexible and open corpus-based language collections development [PDF]
, 2015 In this case study we present innovative work in building open corpus-based language collections by focusing on a description of the opensource multilingual Flexible Language Acquisition (FLAX) language project, which is an ongoing example of open ...
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Revising English Language Course Curriculum Among Graduate Students: An EAP Needs Analysis Study
SAGE Open, 2022 Although English for Academic Purposes (EAP) needs among undergraduate and graduate students in both English as a second language and English as a foreign language contexts have been widely researched, there is still a scarcity of research on the EAP ...
Yan Song, Jing Zhou
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LET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal, 2022 This study aims to investigate undergraduate students’ needs analysis in English for Academic Purposes. In this study, three hundred-eight first-year students and forty-one EAP and subject area instructors at Wachemo University participated.
Sileshi Chemir, Tamene Kitila
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The appearance of voice: EAP and academic literacies approaches to teaching reflective writing [PDF]
, 2019 The increasingly common requirement for higher education courses to include reflective writing as part of assessment practices places additional demands on novice writers.
Williams, Simon A
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Academic literacy development and EAP in English medium instruction: A needs-based inquiry at a Bangladeshi private university [PDF]
Training, Language and CultureEnglish for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses in Bangladeshi private universities are positioned to equip non-native undergraduate students with the required academic language skills needed for English Medium Instruction (EMI) education.
Sheikh Nahiyan +2 more
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QUESTIONING EAP: A CRITIQUE OF THE ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES COURSES AT UNIVERSITY
Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 2021 Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are meant to prepare international students for their undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in an English-speaking academic environment. Prospective university candidates for whom English is not the first language are required to complete a pre-sessional EAP course if their IELTS score is ...
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TEFLIN Journal, 2021 In this commentary, we begin with the discussion on a brief history of academic wordlists. Adopting a comparative perspective, then, the merits and demerits of the Academic Word List (AWL) (Coxhead, 2000) and its competing counterpart the Academic ...
Razieh Gholaminejad +1 more
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A role for genre-based pedagogy in academic writing instruction?: an EAP perspective [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper I discuss the use of genre as a theoretical construct in academic writing instruction in the context of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses.
Bruce, Ian
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Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2007 The assessment of students’ language needs is a crucial pre-requisite in EAP (English for Academic purposes) curriculum development. Effective needs analysis leads to the specification of objectives for a course at the same time considering the available
Chaudhury, Tazin Aziz
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Learning from lecturers: What disciplinary practice can teach us about ‘good’ student writing [PDF]
, 2015 This study brings together the methodology of corpus linguistics and the framing of academic literacies in an exploration of Chinese and British students’ undergraduate assignments in UK universities.
Leedham, Maria
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