Developing courses In English for specific Purposes

Yiğitoğlu, Nur

doi:10.1016/j.system.2011.06.007

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“…This supports Gholami and Osalu's (2011:172) contention that "the number of case studies … does not seem sufficient to cover the areas and their sub-branches mentioned in the introduction". This is also in line with Yigitoglu's (2011) suggestion that the book could be used with other books such as Belcher's edited collection English for specific purposes in theory and practice (2009). However, the index,as one student described it, is horrible! She wrote: "I tried to look up things I remembered reading and either there was no entry listed or sometimes the page numbers were even wrong."…”

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MATESOL Students’ Reflections and Perceptions of an ESP Course in the United Arab Emirates

EL-Sakran¹

2014

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This paper relates the experiences of the writer designing and teaching a graduate English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teacher-based course to a group of MATESOL students at a private university in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It details the participants' backgrounds and aspirations, course objectives, course contents, the students' perceptions of the whole course, the textbook used, the assigned tasks and activities and the staging and administration of the course. The participants' reflections show positive attitudes towards the course and the way it was administered and managed. The paper concludes with some pedagogical implications for prospective ESP teacher educators, ESP course designers and ESP course implementation.

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“…(p. 173). Also, Yigitoglu (2011) and Gholami and Osalu's (2011:1) add that this book has remarkably provided information about ESP literature, case studies and guidance on the use and actual practice of ESP. Overall, the participants found the book useful.…”

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MATESOL Students’ Reflections and Perceptions of an ESP Course in the United Arab Emirates

EL-Sakran¹

2014

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Developing courses In English for specific Purposes

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MATESOL Students’ Reflections and Perceptions of an ESP Course in the United Arab Emirates

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