COMPARISON OF TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ RANKING OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES SUB-TOPICS

Andreas Ahrens; Jelena Zascerinska

doi:10.17770/eid2020.1.5328

Authors

Andreas Ahrens 1Hochschule Wismar University of Applied Sciences Technology Business and Design (DE) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7664-9450
Jelena Zascerinska Centre for Education and Innovation Research (LV) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-8593

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/eid2020.1.5328

Keywords:

comparison, course advancement, course evaluation, English for Academic Purposes course, ranking, students’ ranking, sub-topics

Abstract

Ranking implemented in the English for Academic Purposes course helps in selecting appropriate sub-topics to be obtained by students. The aim of the present research is to compare teacher’s and students’ ranking of topics of the English for Academic Purposes course delivered to master of engineering students underpinning the elaboration of implications for the advancement of the English for Academic Purposes course. Research methods applied include the use of theoretical as well as empirical methods. Theoretical methods imply analysis of theoretical sources and theoretical modelling. The empirical study was characterized by its explorative nature. The empirical study was based on a survey carried out with 10 engineering master students of the Master programme “Information and Electrical Engineering” at Hochschule Wismar, Germany. The data were interpreted and summarized. The summarizing content analysis allows proposing that the students positively evaluated the majority of the sub-topics of the delivered English for Academic Purposes course. The hypothesis was formulated. Implications for the advancement of the English for Academic Purposes course were identified. Directions of future work were proposed. The novelty of the research is revealed by the formulated hypothesis as well as implications

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