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    Developing listening and speaking skills in EAP courses: a mixed method study at a private university in Bangladesh

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    2019-12
    Publisher
    Brac University
    Author
    Kabir, S.M. Arefin
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13878
    Abstract
    This study explores how a pre-university English course helps developing students’ English skills particularly speaking and listening and prepare them to cope with the English skills necessary for the higher studies at the university level. Most of the private universities in Bangladesh offer English courses for the newly admitted students which aim to improve students’ English skills particularly academic English skills necessary to cope up with the English medium education. Academics from the higher education institutions often complain that most of the newly admitted students lack English proficiency necessary to study at the undergraduate level. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected and analyzed to understand the phenomena. This study concludes that pre-university EAP courses are necessary to prepare students for the subsequent higher study. These courses are also effective to develop students’ speaking and listening skills. This study also found that EAP courses are designed to improve four macro skills, which are Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. The study recommends to design EAP courses with more focus on speaking andlistening.
    Keywords
    Private university; English skills; EAP
     
    LC Subject Headings
    English language--Study and teaching; English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
     
    Description
    This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2019.
     
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    Includes bibliographical references (page 48).
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    Department of English and Humanities, Brac University
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