Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective

This paper describes the results of a study on students' perceptions towards an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at tertiary level as part of a needs analysis prior to the course evaluation. Specifically, the study aimed to explore the students' attitude towards the various aspec...

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Main Authors:	Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin, Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati
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Language:	English English
Published:	American Scientific Publishers 2017
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education LB2361 Curriculum PE English
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spelling	iium-323182018-02-03T13:37:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32318/ Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati LB2300 Higher Education LB2361 Curriculum PE English This paper describes the results of a study on students' perceptions towards an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at tertiary level as part of a needs analysis prior to the course evaluation. Specifically, the study aimed to explore the students' attitude towards the various aspects of the EAP curriculum in order to improve the syllabus. A total of 139 students were involved in responding to a survey containing questions on various aspects; from course outline to textbooks. It was found that students were generally positive towards the course but they expressed concern over the use of textbook that were not directly relevant to their area of study. The students also highlighted the need to learn how to read critically. The other aspect of concern was the seminar skills where they did not properly learn about note-taking or participating in seminars. These results have some implications to the curriculum and the teaching pedagogy. American Scientific Publishers 2017-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32318/1/1570339068%20Maltesas%20paper.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32318/7/32318_reviewing%20the%20English%20for%20academic%20purposes_scopus.pdf Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin and Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati (2017) Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (8). pp. 7944-7947. ISSN 1936-6612 E-ISSN 1936-7317 http://www.aspbs.com/science/
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description	This paper describes the results of a study on students' perceptions towards an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at tertiary level as part of a needs analysis prior to the course evaluation. Specifically, the study aimed to explore the students' attitude towards the various aspects of the EAP curriculum in order to improve the syllabus. A total of 139 students were involved in responding to a survey containing questions on various aspects; from course outline to textbooks. It was found that students were generally positive towards the course but they expressed concern over the use of textbook that were not directly relevant to their area of study. The students also highlighted the need to learn how to read critically. The other aspect of concern was the seminar skills where they did not properly learn about note-taking or participating in seminars. These results have some implications to the curriculum and the teaching pedagogy.
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author	Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati
author_facet	Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati
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title	Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective
title_short	Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective
title_full	Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective
title_fullStr	Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective
title_sort	reviewing the english for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective
publisher	American Scientific Publishers
publishDate	2017
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Reviewing the English for academic purposes curriculum: a preliminary analysis from the students’ perspective

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