Using student performance data to develop an English course for clinical training

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-291

  Shi, Ling ^a   Corcos, Robin ^b   Storey, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; EMP; Needs analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347751060     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(00)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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