ERIC Number: EJ1083084
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Sep
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1916-4742
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Student Experiences of English Language Training: A Comparison of Teaching in UK and Chinese Contexts
Wang, Fang
English Language Teaching, v2 n3 p237-242 Sep 2009
The UK, with its obvious advantages such as a good range of universities offering many different courses, and the opportunity to increase competence in English usage, has become one of the most popular countries for Chinese students. However, Chinese students who want to come to the universities in the UK to study have to meet the entry requirements of English language. So, both in the UK and China, various English language training centers appeared to provide similar English training courses to help international students to improve their English in order to meet the entry requirements of the universities in a short time. This research is conducted in this area to compare the English training programs between these two countries to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of these two types of programs in order to help the educators in this area to improve the effective teaching of the English training course.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Student Experience, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Students, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Questionnaires, Educational Benefits, Instructional Effectiveness, Preferences, Interviews, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; United Kingdom
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: International English Language Testing System
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