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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"English for academic purposes (EAP)"”.
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Linguistic and Cognitive Development of L2 Writing during an Intensive English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Programme.
… change over the course of a one-month intensive English for Academic Purposes (EAP) summer programme at a British university. A mixed methods approach was used in the study in order to obtain a more nuanced picture of the students' writing skills development over time. Data for this study was …
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Construct Validation of an Integrated, Process-Oriented, and Computerized English for Academic Purposes (Eap) Placement Test: A Mixed Method Approach
… comparable construct and predictive validity for subgroups of language background, gender, and discipline. Sixth, students perceived a close match between the academic tasks and the CEEPT tasks, and they expressed their preference for the CEEPT and the computer delivery of the test.
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An exploration of the nature of teacher/peer feedback interactions on pre-sessional English for academic purposes (EAP) courses in UK higher education.
… writing conferences, within the context of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programmes‘ pre-sessional writing courses in a UK university. The author poses two distinct questions: first, what methods are employed in the supporting of students‘ learning processes in terms of teacher-student …
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Translingual students' dialogic influence on teacher centric pedagogies
… teachers’ pedagogical practices, student performance, and teacher training programs as a form of professional development (Lyle, 2008; Haneda, 2017; and Caughlan et al., 2013). Acknowledging the influence that students possess in a teacher’s repertoire of teaching practices appears to be an …
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A corpus-based investigation of the phraseology in various genres of written English with applications to the teaching of English for academic purposes
… which occur in certain genres of written academic English. A basic premise is that language users, when they write, remember phrases as much as, or more than, they compose them. Although the grammar of a language licenses the use of a variety of forms to express any proposition only a …
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Exploring an Exam-Practice Approach to Teaching Academic Reading and Writing in China: Teacher Perspectives and Materials Analysis
… teacher perceptions of an approach to teaching academic reading and writing that focuses on local English for Academic Purposes (EAP) exams (the Exam-Practice Approach) and presents a textual analysis of the teaching materials. The research context is the EAP component of an international …
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English-mediated oral presentations in pharmacy : exploring literacy practices among Saudi female undergraduates
Research within English for Academic Purposes (EAP) often focuses on textual analyses of specific linguistic features in written discourse to help develop relevant pedagogic materials (Lillis & Scott, 2008). Because of the decontextualized nature of these investigations (Dressen-Hammouda, 2013), …
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Peer editing in composition for multilingual writers at the college level
… effectiveness of a guided peer editing activity for multilingual college freshman. This was an example of action research that began winter quarter 2013. The study used an activity where peer writers and responders identified and corrected errors in essays. Writers then choose which suggestions …
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Effect of Teaching Complex Noun Phrases for Reading Comprehension Purposes in EAP Programs
… lexical items, are a major vehicle of written academic English. However, CNPs are typically not explicitly addressed in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs for English language learners (ELLs) for reading purposes even though they present considerable challenges to ELLs in terms of …
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Listening to undergraduate Chinese students' perspectives on plagiarism
… and how it influences their ability to learn English for Academic Purposes (EAP). One issue that interests international educators is Chinese students' perceptions of plagiarism. Some scholars argue that as a Confucian heritage culture, Chinese students are more likely to plagiarize (Deckert …
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Exploring Perceptions of Second Language Speech Fluency Through Developing and Piloting a Rating Scale for a Paired Conversational Task
… developing and piloting a fluency rating scale for a paired conversational task for assessment for learning purposes. A two-phase mixed-methods sequential exploratory design (Creswell, 2009) provided the methodological framework for the present study. In the first phase, seven trained English …
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An evaluation study of an English for academic purposes program in a Vietnamese university
English for academic purposes (EAP) pathway programs have boomed in Vietnam following a dramatic increase in English-medium instruction (EMI) university programs. These EAP programs are the pathway, and also the prerequisite, for students who fail to gain direct entry into the EMI programs. …
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Researching Plagiarism and Technology in Second Language Writing: “Becomings”
… study on how second language (L2) writers in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program engage with technology in their academic writing, and how plagiarism may, or may not, relate to this process. As such, the research objectives of this study can be understood as: 1) to think differently …
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Combining content-based and EAP approaches to academic writing: Towards an eclectic program
… fee-paying overseas students whose preparation for tertiary studies may differ significantly from that of local students. Despite English language proficiency requirements, there is some concern that international entry tests do not adequately measure the complex features of university writing; …
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Cognitive processes, sub-skills and strategies in academic lecture listening at a Saudi Arabian university : a needs analysis study
… the development and ongoing revision of Language for Specific Purposes programmes (e.g. Brown, 2016), of which English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is typically considered a part. Determining and describing learners’ language needs is important, as such information can be used when selecting or …
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A needs-analysis for international art students: talk in critiques
… as well as of instructors’ pedagogical goals for critiques. The analysis of the talk and interactions in critiques, coupled with students’ and faculty members’ perceptions of critiques, can eventually be used to develop materials and guides for international students, to inform learning …