ESP program evaluation framework: Description and application to a Taiwanese university ESP program

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-53

  Tsou, Wenli ^a   Chen, Fay ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Authenticity; ESP; Higher education; Learner autonomy; Learning transfer; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888035080     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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