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- Title
Reading Through ESP in an Undergraduate Law Program.
- Authors
Arias Rodríguez, Gladis Leonor
- Abstract
This article presents the results of a study conducted among a group of law students in fifth-level English at a Colombian private university, which analyzed the effects of applying reading through English for Specific Purposes under the criteria of the communicative approach. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, the students' oral and written samples and the researcher's journals. Findings show that specialized reading motivates students to increase both vocabulary and knowledge about their own field of study and also encourages them to use English in everyday situations.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in universities &; colleges; LAW students; COMMUNICATION in higher education; READING motivation; ACADEMIC motivation
- Publication
Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2014, Vol 16, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
1657-0790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15446/profile.v16n1.36823