Designing an English for Occupational Purposes Framework Based on the Needs of University Administrative Staff: A Case Study

Delgado, Julia Zabala

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21587-3_6

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“…The study by Kithulgoda and Mendis (2020) found that EOP students generally need to be competent to use language to communicate in at the workplace. Also, speaking and listening skills are most needed for EOP students (Cocca et al, 2015; Delgado, 2020).…”

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Students’ and Teachers’ Beliefs About Effective Teaching of English for Occupational Purposes

Hung

Huong

2023

SAGE Open

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Effective teaching of English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) is considered to enhance workers’ performance, efficacy, and professional development. Thus, what students and teachers believe to lead to effective EOP teaching is worth exploring. This study set out to compare students’ and teachers’ beliefs about effective EOP teaching. It employed a sequential mixed-methods design with a questionnaire initially administered to 306 voluntary participants, including 108 teachers and 198 sophomore and junior students who participated in teaching and learning EOP. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews with 30 voluntary participants selected from the first stage sample were conducted. The findings showed that students and teachers generally indicated their high agreement with communicative language teaching strategies in EOP. However, discrepancies were found in most observed factors of EOP teaching, including language skills, communicative language teaching, content and language integrated learning, and assessment, except technology integration. From the findings, it is suggested that both EOP students and teachers should be informed of what constitutes effective EOP teaching.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%