Developing disciplinary discourse in a first-year engineering course: The DELNA initiative
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چکیده
First-year students in higher education settings tend to face ongoing challenges with variations discursive practices and genres within their discipline. Within this context, a Diagnostic English Language Needs Assessment (DELNA) was administered first-year engineering assess the strengths needs of ability navigate academic language. The purpose paper is report on our initiative support student’s development literacy, specifically disciplinary language proficiency through implementation pedagogical activities.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Discourse and writing/re?dactologie
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2563-7320']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.909