Exploring the use of a genre-based approach to teach scientific report writing to Thai EFL undergraduates

Although science undergraduates in Thailand need to acquire English report writing skills, many in their final year are unable to describe even their own experiments in a clear, acceptable style. This study, therefore, set out to discover how the theory and practice associated with the Australian School of Genre could be used to create a report writing course, which would be viable with the Thai context. After careful examination of both the theoretical and actual conditions relating to the teaching of written English to undergraduates, a compromise position was adopted, wherein two genre-based courses were designed, taught and compared. In both the Australian School's approach was modified to suit the context with the more innovative experimental group, Mode X, following a course which was closer to the theoretical positions than the more traditional control group, Mode Y.

Grantor dc:publisher

Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia

Year dc:date

2006

Author dc:creator

• Malakul, Karmolnad

• English language
• Technical English
• Study and teaching
• Thai speakers
• Higher
• Technical writing
• Thailand
• Literary form.
• Educational Methods

Repository record dc:identifier

https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/357

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ro.ecu.edu.au:theses-1357