A Survey of Academic Needs for Advanced ESL
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10819073 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shirley E Ostler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 489 |
| Publication date | 1980-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TESOL Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-8322 • E-ISSN: 1545-7249 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3586237 |
| OpenAlex | W2038659041 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
The American Language Institute, University of Southern California, recently conducted a study of their students' assessments of both what academic skills they expected to need in order to successfully complete their studies, and a self-assessment of their success in using English in varied social and business settings. The study revealed: There is a clear distinction between the academic skills needed by graduate and undergraduate students; many students were concerned over their inability to read complex academic material; some of the skills assessed were major-specific and, although students felt quite comfortable in some language settings, their confidence decreased sharply in those settings requiring creative language skills
Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Needs analysis in language teaching
Beyond Comprehension Exercises in the ESL Academic Reading Class
Academic Listening/Speaking Tasks for ESL Students
Advanced Academic Skills in the Low-Level ESL Class
Content-Based Approaches to Teaching Academic Writing
Academic Oral Communication Needs of EAP Learners
Initiating ESL Students into the Academic Discourse Community
Patterns of Question Selection and Writing Performance of ESL Students
Students' Perceptions of EAP Writing Instruction and Writing Needs across the Disciplines
Content-Based Language Instruction
Integrating the language skills
Academic discourse socialization through small-group discussions
Increasing Aural Skills of International Graduate Students
What Professors Actually Require
Student Perceptions of Academic Language Study
The Academic Listening Task
An Overview of Undergraduate ESL Program Models
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 2011 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |