Teaching and learning of tertiary skills via english language programs: the perceptions of tertiary ESL lecturers
The embedment of tertiary skills through English Language Programs (ELPs) is believed to equip university students with a set of skills. Tertiary skills are a combination of generic skills, language skills and academic literacies which consist of (1) Communicative Skills, (2) Critical Thinking and P...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7465/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7465/1/53.pdf |
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| Summary: | The embedment of tertiary skills through English Language
Programs (ELPs) is believed to equip university students with a
set of skills. Tertiary skills are a combination of generic skills,
language skills and academic literacies which consist of (1)
Communicative Skills, (2) Critical Thinking and Problem
Solving Skills, (3) Team Working Skills, (4) Information
Management and Life-long Learning Slulls, (5)
Entrepreneurship Skills, (6) Leadership Skills and
Proactiveness and (7) Ethics and Integrity. However, the way
ELPs is designed at university somehow restricts the
implementation of such skills to be effective. For that reason,
this study aims to investigate English lecturers' perceptions on
the teaching and learning of tertiary skills through ELPs at one
university in Malaysia. In order to gain in-depth data, semistructured
interviews were conducted with eight English
lecturers and were later descriptively analyzed. The findings
suggest that it is impossible to integrate all skills in one ELP as
the nature of each ELP is to develop certain skills only. In
terms of pedagogical and methodological aspects, tertiary skills
are implemented from the constructivist point of view.
According to the lecturers, in general, the students
demonstrated a modest level of tertiary skills acquisition. This
study concludes that ELPs can be the right platform to offer
students with not only knowledge related to language but also
various other skills required at tertiary level. This study also
offers insights into the effective syllabus design for tertiary
ESL programs. |
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