Effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of Chinese English majors
In 2014 the School of Foreign Studies of Nanjing University of Science and Technology replaced the old language-skill-based curriculum for undergraduate English majors with a new content-based curriculum. The study investigated the effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of s...
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| description | In 2014 the School of Foreign Studies of Nanjing University of Science and Technology replaced the old language-skill-based curriculum for undergraduate English majors with a new content-based curriculum. The study investigated the effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of students in the national Tests for English Majors – Grade 4 and Grade 8 (TEM-4 and TEM-8). It was found that content-based curriculum had positive effects on the language performance of lower-grade English majors; however, the students under the new curriculum exhibited a tendency of polarization development, with both the excellence rate and the failure rate in TEM-4 greatly increasing. It was also found that content-based curriculum did not have obvious positive or negative effects on the language performance of highergrade English majors in TEM-8. Suggestions were put forward on the improvement of content-based curriculum for undergraduate Chinese English majors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af07a9a47ea24e1ca66fce1bbe41b19b2025-08-20T03:15:03ZengLiverpool University PressInternational Journal of English for Academic Purposes2634-46102021-09-012021Autumn14716510.3828/ijeap.2021.10Effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of Chinese English majorsXianwei Pu0Leina Lu1Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China;Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China;In 2014 the School of Foreign Studies of Nanjing University of Science and Technology replaced the old language-skill-based curriculum for undergraduate English majors with a new content-based curriculum. The study investigated the effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of students in the national Tests for English Majors – Grade 4 and Grade 8 (TEM-4 and TEM-8). It was found that content-based curriculum had positive effects on the language performance of lower-grade English majors; however, the students under the new curriculum exhibited a tendency of polarization development, with both the excellence rate and the failure rate in TEM-4 greatly increasing. It was also found that content-based curriculum did not have obvious positive or negative effects on the language performance of highergrade English majors in TEM-8. Suggestions were put forward on the improvement of content-based curriculum for undergraduate Chinese English majors.http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/ijeap.2021.10content-based curriculumlanguage performanceEnglish majors |
| spellingShingle | Xianwei Pu Leina Lu Effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of Chinese English majors International Journal of English for Academic Purposes content-based curriculum language performance English majors |
| title | Effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of Chinese English majors |
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| title_short | Effects of content-based curriculum on the language performance of Chinese English majors |
| title_sort | effects of content based curriculum on the language performance of chinese english majors |
| topic | content-based curriculum language performance English majors |
| url | http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/ijeap.2021.10 |
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