Point-Driven Understanding in Engineering Lecture Comprehension.

Olsen, Leslie A.; Huckin, Thomas N.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Point-Driven Understanding in Engineering Lecture Comprehension.

Olsen, Leslie A.; Huckin, Thomas N.

English for Specific Purposes, v9 n1 p33-47 1990

Fourteen non-native speaking graduate and undergraduate students watched an authentic 16-minute videotaped engineering lecture and were asked to provide immediate recall summaries. It is concluded that students should be taught to listen to lectures in a more rhetorical and strategic way.(Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Engineering Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Lecture Method, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills, Recall (Psychology), Videotape Recordings

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Language: English

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