Effectiveness of an Interactive EAP Programme for the Tertiary Level ESL Learners
Keywords:
Academic English, Social English, English for Academic Purposes, Interactive learningAbstract
Academic English is a principal gatekeeper skill for students’ academic performance and achievement in their career. This paper describes an experimental study aimed at implementing and evaluating the efficacy of an interactive EAP programme for the tertiary level ESL learners. The investigator developed an interactive EAP programme considering the needs of the target group learners. The programme had been validated by the experts and tried out to the college students to evaluate its effectiveness. Seventy-two university-level ESL students participated in this experiment. They were two groups for the experiment: an experimental group with interactive EAP programme treatment and a control group with no treatment. Needs analysis questionnaire, language proficiency tests (pre-test and post-test), programme feedback questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The analysis and interpretation of data revealed that the interactive EAP programme was effective in enhancing academic English skills of the tertiary level learners.
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