Why EAP is necessary: A survey of Hong Kong tertiary students

By S. Evans, C. Green. 2007

385 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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How researchers see this paper

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In Language and Linguistics

1. Leong Lai Mei
2. Ahmadi Masoumeh
3. Zhengdong Gan
4. E. Macaro
5. Y. Lo
6. N. Kelly
7. Jennifer Bruen
8. S. Graham

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Leong Lai Mei
2. Ahmadi Masoumeh
3. Zhengdong Gan
4. E. Macaro
5. Y. Lo
6. S. Graham
7. Karen E. Roehr
8. E. Galaczi

Citations in the corpus

• Understanding L2 Speaking Problems: Implications for ESL Curriculum Development in a Teacher Training Institution in Hong Kong. (2012, background): “Evans and Green (2007) investigated the language problems experienced by first-year Cantonese-speaking students at Hong Kong’s largest English-medium university.”
• ‘Asian learners’ re-examined: an empirical study of language learning attitudes, strategies and motivation among mainland Chinese and Hong Kong students (2009, background): “The English course at a Hong Kong tertiary institution, commonly known as English for Academic Purposes (EAP) (see Evans and Green 2007; Peacock and Ho 2003) actually serves as part of students’ content studies.”
• Exploring the role of language in English medium instruction (2020, background): “Evans and Green (2007) found that university students in Hong Kong identified inadequate vocabulary as a major barrier to understanding EMI lectures because the vocabulary in lecturers’ speech contained a large number of unknown lexical items.”
• An Analysis of Factors Influencing Learners’ English Speaking Skill (2017, background): “Evans and Green (2007) examined the language difficulties experienced by the students at a Hong Kong university.”
• Academic language-related challenges at an English-medium university (2021, neutral): “Overall, these results suggest that students face challenges with productive skills and may benefit from language courses with special attention given to academic skills and subject-specific terminology (Chang, 2010; Evans & Green, 2007; Jiang et al., 2019).”