Integrating Authentic Materials and Language Skills in English for Science and Technology Instruction

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2

This article describes how a unit in an English for Science and Technology (EST) course integrated three learning materials: a research article from a scientific journal, an article from a magazine that reports on the scientific journal article, and an instructional video with its script. Instruction was focused on both content and rhetorical functions. The author shows how the language skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening were used for each of the three materials.

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James W. Porcaro

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Teachers Listening Reading Speaking Writing Integrated Skills Teacher Training Curriculum Design Science and Technology English for Specific Purposes
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2

English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2

Adapting authentic materials, misconception analysis, whole-learning reading, and international business ethics are among the articles in this issue.