Proficiency-Differentiated and Discipline-Specific Student Needs for English-Medium Content-based Courses
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This study aims at investigating Korean EFL college students’ difficulties in English-medium content-based courses (EMCs) and their needs for supporting programs to take EMCs effectively. Most of the Korean universities do not provide specialized support for those who take EMCs, despite the increasing number of EMCs. The results of the survey on student needs, however, reveal the need of a prep course, or videotaped class or class materials in the cyber campus, regardless of academic disciplines and proficiency levels. They also illustrate the need of improving speaking and writing skills, despite the key role of listening and reading in EMCs. Lower-level students experience difficulty on all four skills and courses integrating the four skills are suggested. Higher-level students still struggle with speaking and writing. Lack of background knowledge, subject vocabulary, and speaking and writing practice were found as the main cause of difficulties in liberal arts and major EMCs. Some variations were also identified across disciplines, such as types of required reading and writing. The findings from the needs analysis suggest content-based EAP (English for Academic Purposes) courses which are tuned to needs of different proficiency levels and academic disciplines.
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This study aims at investigating Korean EFL college students’ difficulties in English-medium content-based courses (EMCs) and their needs for supporting programs to take EMCs effectively. Most of the Korean universities do not provide specialized support for those who take EMCs, despite the increasing number of EMCs. The results of the survey on student needs, however, reveal the need of a prep course, or videotaped class or class materials in the cyber campus, regardless of academic disciplines and proficiency levels. They also illustrate the need of improving speaking and writing skills, despite the key role of listening and reading in EMCs. Lower-level students experience difficulty on all four skills and courses integrating the four skills are suggested. Higher-level students still struggle with speaking and writing. Lack of background knowledge, subject vocabulary, and speaking and writing practice were found as the main cause of difficulties in liberal arts and major EMCs. Some variations were also identified across disciplines, such as types of required reading and writing. The findings from the needs analysis suggest content-based EAP (English for Academic Purposes) courses which are tuned to needs of different proficiency levels and academic disciplines.
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