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English language needs of non-native foreign students

This paper will investigate the English language needs of non-native foreign students who are studying at the University of Otago, New Zealand. These students comprise of students from Asia (China, Thailand, Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, to name a few) and Europe.For these students, English is their s...

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Main Authors: Pawanchik, Shahrier, Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah, Hilmi, Mohd Faiz, Baten, Md Azizul
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Language:English
Published: David Publishing 2011
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PE English
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spelling my.uum.repo.128502014-12-18T03:45:41Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12850/ English language needs of non-native foreign students Pawanchik, Shahrier Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah Hilmi, Mohd Faiz Baten, Md Azizul PE English This paper will investigate the English language needs of non-native foreign students who are studying at the University of Otago, New Zealand. These students comprise of students from Asia (China, Thailand, Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, to name a few) and Europe.For these students, English is their second or third language and they face proficiency problems.To them, mastery of English is most important because all the courses in the university are taught in English and unless the students are proficient to operate in English, they will lose out and face difficulties in securing good grades for their subjects.Findings of this research will provide insights for the curriculum developers and English teachers at public universities especially in Malaysia that have been accepting students from Asia and the Middle East.The present curriculum need to be reviewed or a new curriculum need to be designed to meet the English needs of their non-native foreign students. David Publishing 2011-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/12850/1/58.pdf Pawanchik, Shahrier and Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah and Hilmi, Mohd Faiz and Baten, Md Azizul (2011) English language needs of non-native foreign students. Sino-US English Teaching, 8 (8). pp. 505-510. ISSN 1539-8072 http://davidpublishing.org/show.html?4053
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic PE English
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Pawanchik, Shahrier
Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah
Hilmi, Mohd Faiz
Baten, Md Azizul
English language needs of non-native foreign students
description This paper will investigate the English language needs of non-native foreign students who are studying at the University of Otago, New Zealand. These students comprise of students from Asia (China, Thailand, Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, to name a few) and Europe.For these students, English is their second or third language and they face proficiency problems.To them, mastery of English is most important because all the courses in the university are taught in English and unless the students are proficient to operate in English, they will lose out and face difficulties in securing good grades for their subjects.Findings of this research will provide insights for the curriculum developers and English teachers at public universities especially in Malaysia that have been accepting students from Asia and the Middle East.The present curriculum need to be reviewed or a new curriculum need to be designed to meet the English needs of their non-native foreign students.
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author Pawanchik, Shahrier
Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah
Hilmi, Mohd Faiz
Baten, Md Azizul
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Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah
Hilmi, Mohd Faiz
Baten, Md Azizul
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title English language needs of non-native foreign students
title_short English language needs of non-native foreign students
title_full English language needs of non-native foreign students
title_fullStr English language needs of non-native foreign students
title_full_unstemmed English language needs of non-native foreign students
title_sort english language needs of non-native foreign students
publisher David Publishing
publishDate 2011
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/12850/1/58.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/12850/
http://davidpublishing.org/show.html?4053
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