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Tatzl, Dietmar – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Empirical evaluations of practical teaching units integrating content and language in higher education are rare and deserve more attention. The current article aims to narrow this gap by providing an empirical study of an integrating content and language in higher education (ICLHE, Smit & Dafouz, 2012) teaching module. It investigates the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Content Analysis, Course Content, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Tatzl, Dietmar – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This article presents the design and evaluation of an intensive presentations course for aeronautical engineering students based on cyclic video recordings. The target group of this course in English for specific purposes (ESP) were undergraduate final-year students who needed to improve their presentation and foreign language skills to prepare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Aerospace Education, Engineering Education
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Tatzl, Dietmar – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This article presents an innovative adaptation of the case method to teaching English for specific academic purposes. Widespread in its traditional form in various content disciplines, the case method bears the potential for truly student-centred language instruction. The current application transforms learners from case analysts to case authors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Tatzl, Dietmar – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2011
This article presents an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) task developed for teaching aeronautical engineering students. The task Design-Build-Write rests on the assumption that engineering students are skilled at mathematical reasoning, problem solving, drawing and constructing. In Gardner's 1983 Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory, these…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Engineering Education, Aerospace Education, Multiple Intelligences