Word-list-based EAP Vocabulary Teaching to Science Students in China

DOI

10.2991/hss-17.2017.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

EAP vocabulary teaching, Academic Word List, Science Word List, Science students in China.

Abstract

Since EAP (English for Academic Purposes) teaching is being paid greater attention to in China, a trend appears that EAP courses are becoming the mainstream university EFL (English as a Foreign Language) courses. This paper looks into science-specific college students in China in the pedagogical EAP setting. We analyzed two effective and systematic word lists: Academic Word List and Science Word List, and provided a three-step method to utilize word lists in the EAP vocabulary classroom. We also offered suggestions about EAP vocabulary teaching to Chinese teachers in tertiary education and the future work that needs to be done.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yu-Yan Du
AU  - Zong-Rong Wang
AU  - Pi-Yi Du
PY  - 2017/02
DA  - 2017/02
TI  - Word-list-based EAP Vocabulary Teaching to Science Students in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Humanities and Social Science (HSS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 12
EP  - 17
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/hss-17.2017.3
DO  - 10.2991/hss-17.2017.3
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