Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement

This thesis report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Teaching to Speakers of Other Languages, 2020.

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主要作者: Nahiyan, Sheikh
其他作者: Amin, Md. Al
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spelling 10361-144132021-05-22T21:01:23Z Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement Nahiyan, Sheikh Amin, Md. Al Department of English and Humanities, Brac University EAP English language learning HEQEP BALEAP Accreditation EAP Accreditation Medium of instruction EMI OBE Model Bloom’s Taxonomy Higher Education Institutions This thesis report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Teaching to Speakers of Other Languages, 2020. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-58). The essentiality of undergraduate EAP courses is that they are necessary to improve students’ English language proficiency for academic and professional purposes. Higher education institutions in Bangladesh are continuously changing to improve their quality of education, but their overall development efforts do not specify how it contributes to the improvement of the EAP courses. Although local research has pointed out the need for EAP courses and the shortcomings that current EAP courses have. Therefore, an overall needs-based evaluation of the EAP courses is imperative to map its specificity. Also, undergraduate curricular reform through the adoption of the OBE learning model will have a substantial effect on EAP education in universities. Moreover, Bangladeshi universities have been trying to secure a commendable place in global university rankings in recent years through multifaceted activities. Yet, at the core of the success of universities and its learners lies higher language proficiency levels as English is the global language of academia, business, communication, and research. For that reason, a specific EAP accreditation, in addition to the reevaluation of the EAP courses can contribute to the overall outcome-based goals of the university. In comparison to other research works on university EAP courses, this research used a qualitative framework to sketch the overall picture of current EAP practices and future potential of EAP courses. This was done by documenting university students’ and teachers’ experiences and opinions of doing EAP courses, EAP teachers’ views about current higher education improvement projects, scopes of pursuing an international EAP accreditation parallel to the OBE curriculum and how the overall quality of higher education can be promoted Sheikh Nahiyan M. in English 2021-05-22T06:53:31Z 2021-05-22T06:53:31Z 2020 2020-09 Thesis ID: 19163010 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/14413 en_US Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 58 pages application/pdf Brac University
institution Brac University
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language en_US
topic EAP
English language learning
HEQEP
BALEAP Accreditation
EAP Accreditation
Medium of instruction
EMI
OBE Model
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Higher Education Institutions
spellingShingle EAP
English language learning
HEQEP
BALEAP Accreditation
EAP Accreditation
Medium of instruction
EMI
OBE Model
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Higher Education Institutions
Nahiyan, Sheikh
Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement
description This thesis report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Teaching to Speakers of Other Languages, 2020.
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title Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement
title_short Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement
title_full Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement
title_fullStr Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement
title_full_unstemmed Tertiary level EAP courses in Bangladesh: A study of current practices and curricular reform for quality improvement
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