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- Title
Technical English and General English -- Are They Really Different?
- Authors
A., Sridevi; D., Paranthaman; S., Gunasekaran
- Abstract
This paper attempts to distinguish the differences between General English (GE) and Technical English (TE). First, it tries to fix the place of Technical English in ELT, and attempts to trace the purposes of learning the two varieties i.e., General English and Technical English, in the process shows how learning of TE can promote active participation in classroom activities, technical seminars, workshops and research paper publications, or in short how the learning of TE enables the learner use English for technical communication.
- Subjects
TECHNICAL English; CLASSROOM activities; SEMINARS; ADULT education workshops; RESEARCH papers (Students); COMMUNICATION of technical information
- Publication
Language in India, 2012, Vol 12, Issue 5, p621
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article