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"The Place Is Suffering": Enabling Dialogue between Students' Discourses and Academic Literacy Conventions in Engineering
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Archer, Arlene – English for Specific Purposes, 2008
Students need access to the disciplinary practices of engineering, but at the same time, these practices need to transform to the realities of the changing global environment and the profession. The site of this research is an engineering foundation programme for less advantaged students in South Africa and is thus perhaps well-positioned to look…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Engineering, Foreign Countries, Global Education