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Yakhontova, Tatyana

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: English for Specific Purposes (Full Text) vol. 20 no. Sup 1 (2001), page 397-416.
Fulltext: 20_sup.01_Yakhontova.pdf (149.03KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ESP/20 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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This paper discusses a recent pedagogical experience of using the US-based English for academic purposes (EAP) textbook Academic writing for graduate students by Swales and Feak [Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (1994). Academic writingfor graduate students. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.] in the Ukrainian university classroom. The main focus of the paper is on the intellectual and emotional reactions of the students toward a quite new (for them) kind of textbook and corresponding course. It is shown how certain cultural and historical factors characteristic of the Ukrainian intellectual context have left obvious imprints on the learners' responses to the textbook. This suggests that there may be a need for modified versions of such materials designed specifically for nonnative speakers living outside Anglophone environments, educated within different intellectual traditions, and yet willing to master academic English for the purposes of international scientific communication. It is argued that such alternate versions should be explicitly genre-based, possess a strong language focus, and include at least some instances of comparison of English and LI genre exemplars in order to develop the learners' abilities of making more conscious selections and choices in writing.

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