Survey of workplace English needs among computer science graduates

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kaneko, Emiko ^a   Rozycki, William ^a   Orr, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curriculum design; English for specific purposes; Needs analysis; Workplace English

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; COLLEGE GRADUATES; COMPUTER ENGINEERING COURSE; CURRICULUM DESIGN; ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES; GRADUATE STUDENTS; LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT; NEEDS ANALYSIS; RESPONSE RATE; WORKPLACE ENGLISH;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; LINGUISTICS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SURVEYS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 70449413895     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2009.5208704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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