The first term at university: implications for EAP  

Oleh:

Evans, Stephen ; Morrison, Bruce

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: ELT Journal = English Language Teaching Journal (Full Text) vol. 65 no. 4 (Oct. 2011), page 387-397.
Topik: English-medium university; ELT; Hong Kong
Fulltext: 2011.4.387-397.pdf (127.61KB)

Isi artikel

This article examines the ?ndings of a longitudinal study of the learning and use of English at an English-medium university in Hong Kong. The aim of the investigation was to track the learning experiences of a group of 28 undergraduates and to identify the challenges they faced when studying for their degrees in a second language. This article explores the language-related problems the students encountered in the process of adapting to an English-medium learning environment during the crucial ?rst term. The data from the interviewbased longitudinal study are supplemented by the ?ndings of a large-scale questionnaire survey of freshmen at the same university. The evidence suggests that the students’ principal sources of dif?culty were comprehending and using specialist vocabulary, understanding their professors’ academic requirements, and processing and producing key disciplinary genres. The article concludes by discussing the implications of the study’s ?ndings for EAP course and materials design.

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