Implementing courseware as the primary mode of task-based ESP instruction: a case study of EFL students

• Published in: Computer assisted language learning Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 171 - 186
• Main Author: Tsai, Shu-Chiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 04.03.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Case Studies; Cloze Procedure; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Assisted Language Learning; Control Groups; Course Descriptions; Courseware; courseware implementation; Educational evaluation; Elective Courses; English as a Second Language Teaching Materials; English as a Second Language Teaching Methods; English for Special Purposes; English for specific purposes; English language; Essays; Foreign Countries; Foreign language instruction; Higher Education; Information technology; learning satisfaction; Listening comprehension; Online instruction; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires; Reading Comprehension; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Student Attitudes; Taiwan; Task Analysis; task-based learning; Teaching Methods; Technical Education; Undergraduate Students; Universities; Taiwan

The study reports on implementing self-developed English for specific purposes (ESP) courseware for technology industries in an elective course, "English reading for technology," offered to junior students of English as a foreign language in a technical university in southern Taiwan. Cours...