Evaluating Oral Skills in an EST Program: Native English-Speaking Scientists Respond to Chinese Scientists' English.

van Naerssen, Margaret; Riggenbach, Heidi

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ERIC Number: EJ363581

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Publication Date: 1987

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Evaluating Oral Skills in an EST Program: Native English-Speaking Scientists Respond to Chinese Scientists' English.

van Naerssen, Margaret; Riggenbach, Heidi

English for Specific Purposes, v6 n3 p219-32 1987

Speech samples of Chinese scientists studying in an intensive English-for-science-and-technology program were evaluated by native English-speaking professional peers. Such evaluation techniques could be used by other languages for specific purposes programs. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Chinese, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Interlanguage, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Native Speakers, Peer Evaluation, Speech Acts, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China (Beijing)

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