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This paper probes into the feasibility of setting up EAP courses (English for Academic Purpose) non-English majors in Harbin Engineering University. study adopts need analysis model Hutchinson and Waters, uses research methods questionnaire survey interview. The results show that students have strong desire to be offered English course Purposes, but their current level is not sufficient cope wi...

background: english for specific purposes (esp) courses should empower students to satisfy their language needs. however, at many iranian universities, these courses are mostly taught based on the grammar translation method focusing on teaching grammatical rules and reading comprehension. the present study aims at proposing an innovative approach for teaching english to medical students that ca...

Background: English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses should empower students to satisfy their language needs. However, at many Iranian universities, these courses are mostly taught based on the Grammar Translation Method focusing on teaching grammatical rules and reading comprehension. The present study aims at proposing an innovative approach for teaching English to Medical students that ca...

Few would dispute the need for students of scientific disciplines to learn English. The teaching of English to scientists whose first language is not English is essentially utilitarian. The learners need English as a means of doing their work efficiently and of furthering their specialist education, and the language is not taught with a general educational aim in mind, as a cultural or social e...

In the past, English was considered language of non-Islamic religions but now is believed to be for international communication academic and 'dakwah' purposes. However, students Islamic universities institutes may have various purposes learning English. This because young scholars not seen real need study outside campus this introduced by their teachers when they at high schools. aimed describi...

Academic writing, including in English as an Academic Lingua Franca, has become a central feature for the majority of European university students. Despite a large body of research, we find that conceptualisations of student writing still tend to assume a direct link to expert academic genres, which are often explicitly evoked as models. Within a genre analytic paradigm, however, the importance...