1991
DOI: 10.1016/0889-4906(91)90002-e
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University ESL reading: A content analysis

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“…Hence, all six passages were typically academic and followed an expository organizational pattern that centered on a single theme. Texts with expository prose were chosen because, within an EAP context, they are the type most commonly required for university students (Benson, 1991;Spector-Cohen, Kirschner, & Wexler, 2001).…”
Section: Discipline-related English Reading Testsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hence, all six passages were typically academic and followed an expository organizational pattern that centered on a single theme. Texts with expository prose were chosen because, within an EAP context, they are the type most commonly required for university students (Benson, 1991;Spector-Cohen, Kirschner, & Wexler, 2001).…”
Section: Discipline-related English Reading Testsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The following research instruments were used: 1) a background questionnaire, which yielded data on the participants' age, language learning history, and a self-assessment of their language skills and reading abilities, and 2) reading comprehension tests in Croatian and English, specially designed for the present research. The tests comprise expository texts because this text type is most often used in academic writing (Benson, 1991). Both texts were taken from a developmental psychology university textbook (Vasta, Haith, & Miller, 1998), since Developmental Psychology is one of the courses taken by the research participants in both study programmes.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Related studies in rhetoric confirm the need for the ESP teacher to take account of the varying epistemological assumptions of different academic disciplines and professional discourse communities. In academic studies, Hansen (1988) shows clearly that rhetorical conventions differ between anthropology and sociology; Benson (1991) demonstrates that values upon which discourses are based vary from discipline to discipline.…”
Section: Issues and Controversiesmentioning
confidence: 99%