An Evaluation of Course Materials in the Teaching of English for Academic Purposes - A Case Study at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
Th is study is an attempt to obtain feedback in the form of opinion s from the teachers and students of the BB251 course on the effectiveness of the course materials. Attitudinal information from students' was also obtained as it is felt that this would help towards understanding the teachi...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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1984
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8837/1/FPP_1984_1_A.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8837/ |
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| Summary: | Th is study is an attempt to obtain feedback in the form of
opinion s from the teachers and students of the BB251 course on
the effectiveness of the course materials. Attitudinal
information from students' was also obtained as it is felt that
this would help towards understanding the teaching/learning
situation. A Teachers 'Questionnaire and a Students' Questionaire
were administered after the course materials had been used. The
study revealed that of the 88 respondents, 92 percent of the
students found the course useful. The majority of them felt
that the course had helped them read references and textbooks in
English while about 50 percent indicated that the course had
helped them write in English.
The students assessed exercises on vocabulary, structure,
comprehension, and writing according to three criteria:
interest, usefulness and difficulty. Exercises that demanded
manipulative skills were assessed as interesting and not
difficult. Exercises that demanded productives kills were
assessed as difficult and correspondingly interest level in
these exercises fell. Exercises which use non-linear aids were
assessed as difficult but interest level tended to be higher
than in similar exercises where graphic cues were not used. |
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