A Study of an English for Academic Purposes Course

Mohammad Zohrabi,Melor M Yunus,Parilah M Shah

doi:10.7575/aiac.alls.v.3n.2p.11

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Abstract

English for General Purposes (EGP) is a foundation course which should be taken by all the undergraduate students at the University of Tabriz, Iran. However, the EGP course cannot meet the students’ objectives and needs. Evidently, it has some shortcoming and the results of the study indicate that it not only has lost its credibility but also has failed to achieve its goals. This study strives to investigate the different dimensions of this course in order to come up with some solutions to its betterment. The participants consist of current and ex-students, language and subject instructors. The result of the study indicates that there are many factors which are involved in decreasing the quality of the EGP course. The goals of the EGP course need to be determined and redefined. It is hoped that this research could shed some fresh light on the betterment and modification of this course.

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Any educational program needs to be studied from time to time in order to ensure that it is functioning as effectively as possible (Parilah & Zohrabi, 2008)
Program evaluation attempts to evaluate every aspect of an instructional program or course of study in order to find out its virtues and weaknesses
We present the findings of the study: 1- Objectives Apparently, the result of the study indicates that most of the instructors and students do not clearly know the objectives of the English for General Purposes (EGP) course

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Any educational program needs to be studied from time to time in order to ensure that it is functioning as effectively as possible (Parilah & Zohrabi, 2008). To this end, program evaluation attempts to evaluate every aspect of an instructional program or course of study in order to find out its virtues and weaknesses. By identifying the weaknesses of a course, the researchers try to find some solutions in order to compensate for them (Lynch, 2003). They endeavor to modify the course through recommending some new methods and materials. In this way the validity and reliability of data can be enhanced substantially (Brown, 2001)

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