Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives
This paper reports the findings of an evaluation study on technical oral presentation and its potential application in English language courses for engineering undergraduates setting. The main aim is to delineate difficulties and challenges faced by engineering undergraduates in...
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| description | This paper reports the findings of an evaluation study on technical oral presentation and its potential application in English language courses for engineering undergraduates setting. The main aim is to delineate difficulties and
challenges faced by engineering undergraduates in learning Technical Oral Presentation (TOP) skills in an English proficiency course. The participants were 310 engineering undergraduates who enrolled in the English for Technical Communication (ETC) course and nine instructors. Various difficulties and challenges faced by the engineering undergraduates to learn the TOP skills were identified and input from instructors were also examined. Suggestions to address the challenges faced by the students were highlighted with the view to preparing them for their future
engineering workplace communication |
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| spelling | ump-223142018-10-03T07:46:43Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22314/ Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives Abdullah Adnan, Mohamed Adelina, Asmawi LB Theory and practice of education PE English This paper reports the findings of an evaluation study on technical oral presentation and its potential application in English language courses for engineering undergraduates setting. The main aim is to delineate difficulties and challenges faced by engineering undergraduates in learning Technical Oral Presentation (TOP) skills in an English proficiency course. The participants were 310 engineering undergraduates who enrolled in the English for Technical Communication (ETC) course and nine instructors. Various difficulties and challenges faced by the engineering undergraduates to learn the TOP skills were identified and input from instructors were also examined. Suggestions to address the challenges faced by the students were highlighted with the view to preparing them for their future engineering workplace communication Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22314/1/Understanding%20Engineering%20Undergraduates%E2%80%99%20Technical%20Oral%20Presentation.pdf Abdullah Adnan, Mohamed and Adelina, Asmawi (2018) Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives. International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL), 8 (1). pp. 41-53. ISSN 2289-7208 (print); 2289-9294 (online). (Published) http://ijleal.ump.edu.my/index.php/en/academic/volume-8-issue-1/185-understanding-engineering-undergraduates-technical-oral-presentation-challenges-and-perspectives/file |
| spellingShingle | LB Theory and practice of education PE English Abdullah Adnan, Mohamed Adelina, Asmawi Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives |
| title | Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives |
| title_full | Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives |
| title_short | Understanding Engineering Undergraduates’ Technical Oral Presentation: Challenges and Perspectives |
| title_sort | understanding engineering undergraduates’ technical oral presentation: challenges and perspectives |
| topic | LB Theory and practice of education PE English |
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