The Universidad de la República, in Uruguay, offers reading comprehension English courses within the career of dentistry for students to access information this language. study sought analyze fulfilment course’s aims and test hypothesis that greater vocabulary possess, better they will be able understand written texts. A mixed approach, based on interviews a class survey, was used. Data showed ...

English for Academic Purposes (EAP), which is a branch of English for specific purposes (ESP), focuses instruction on skills required to perform in an English-speaking academic context across core subject areas. For Chinese graduates whose mother tongue is not English, EAP teaching consists of four parts, which are academic listening, academic reading, academic listening and academic writing. T...