A Study of an English for Academic Purposes Course

Autor/inn/en	Zohrabi, Mohammad; Shah, Parilah M.; Yunus, Melor M.
Titel	A Study of an English for Academic Purposes Course
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 3 (2012) 2, S.11-22 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	English for Academic Purposes; Undergraduate Students; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Credibility; Course Objectives; College Students; College Faculty; Program Evaluation; Mixed Methods Research; Grammar; Vocabulary Development; Student Evaluation; Questionnaires; Study Habits; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Glaubwürdigkeit; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Grammatik; Wortschatzarbeit; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Fragebogen; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	English for General Purposes (EGP) is a foundation course which should be taken by all the undergraduate students at the University of Tabriz, Iran. However, the EGP course cannot meet the students' objectives and needs. Evidently, it has some shortcoming and the results of the study indicate that it not only has lost its credibility but also has failed to achieve its goals. This study strives to investigate the different dimensions of this course in order to come up with some solutions to its betterment. The participants consist of current and ex-students, language and subject instructors. The result of the study indicates that there are many factors which are involved in decreasing the quality of the EGP course. The goals of the EGP course need to be determined and redefined. It is hoped that this research could shed some fresh light on the betterment and modification of this course. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01