An investigation into the learning transfer of English for specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) writing skills of students in Singapore

• Main Authors: Hill, Christopher, Khoo, Susan, Hsieh, Yi-Chin
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Language; Learning Transfer; ESAP
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145103
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article explores learning transfer in an undergraduate engineering English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) course. The study followed 25 undergraduate engineering students over one academic year. It uses a mixed-methods approach that compares individual interviews and written assignment s...