Julie McCarroll, Peggy Hartwick, and Mike Murphy Published in International Journal of English for Academic Purposes
Professors Julie McCarroll, Peggy Hartwick, and Mike Murphy recently published a new article in the International Journal of English for Academic Purposes: Research and Practice, titled “Students’ perception of learning transfer: Which EAP skills transfer best?”
“This exploratory study surveyed ninety-five EAP students from a Canadian university over six semesters to understand which skills learned in advanced EAP courses transferred to disciplinary courses. Results show that students perceive twenty-first-century skills to be more transferable than traditional reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Furthermore, students paradoxically report some specific writing and reading skills to be highly transferable and others less so. Finally, reported learning transfer varies according to faculty, self-reported grade, and with graduate vs undergraduate students. Implications concerning curriculum development in EAP are discussed.”
– From the abstract for “Students’ perception of learning transfer: Which EAP skills transfer best?”
You can find the full article here.