Table 2 Level of Alignment between Contents of EGAP Course and Demands of Content area Writing Tasks
From: Assessing learning transfer and constraining issues in EAP writing practices
Language features and processes covered in GEAP courses | Â | Rate of alignment between language features and practice of EGAP course and Linguistic resources and thinking processes demanded by content Area Courses (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Economics | Bio | physics | Polit. Sc | Geography | Mechanical Engineering | Computer science | |
Basic sentence structure | 78% | 83% | 71% | 87% | 90% | 69% | 72% |
µ = 7.57, P = .0145 | µ = 15.3 P = .0115 | µ = 11.3 P = .0115 | µ = 12.72, P = .0111 | µ = 11.8 P = .0013 | µ = 9.89 , P = .0245 | µ = 13.5 P = .0186 | |
Sentence types | 13% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 14% | 12% |
µ = 2.57, P = .145 | µ = 1.89 P = .256 | µ = 1.79 P = .278 | µ = 2.32 P = .414 | µ = 2.57 P = .671 | µ = 2.43 P = .387 | µ = 2.57 P = .545 | |
Coordinating conjunctions | 78.5% | 78% | 77% | 81% | 80% | 68% | 72% |
µ5.86, P = .0113 | µ = 5.387, P = .0298 | µ = 5.239, P = .0289 | µ = 9.57, P = .0145 | µ = 8.76 P = .0211 | µ = 6.53, P = .0175 | µ = 4.57, P = .0265 | |
Correlatives | 53% | 52% | 54% | 61% | 62% | 48% | 51% |
µ = 6.54 P = .0345 | µ = 2.57, P = .0382 | µ = 2.57, P = .0382 | µ = 7.31 P = .0283 | µ = 8.91 P = .0195 | µ = 4.11 P = .0488 | µ = 6.21 P = .0367 | |
Conjunctive adverbs | 52% | 54% | 56% | 60% | 65% | 50% | 57% |
µ = 6.54 P = .0381 | µ = 3.97 P = .0336 | µ = 4.59 P = .0385 | µ = 5.31 P = .0283 | µ = 8.51 P = .0195 | µ = 5.88 P = .0488 | µ = 4.21 P = .0367 | |
Subordinate conjunctions and appositives | 89% | 76% | 77% | 85% | 87% | 71% | 73% |
µ = 17.87 P = .0085 | µ = 11.3 P = .0125 | µ = 12.1 P = .0136 | µ = 17.72 P = .0111 | µ = 21.18 P = .0017 | µ = 9.89 P = .0284 | µ = 13.5 P = .0186 | |
Genre types and Discourse structures | 76.5% | 72% | 73% | 80% | 82% | 70% | 72% |
µ = 5.76, P = .0213 | µ = 5.79, P = .0218 | µ = 5.79, P = .0218 | µ = 8.57, P = .0145 | µ = 10.76 P = .0114 | µ = 7.35 P = .0154 | µ = 4.85 P = .0265 | |
Vocabulary | 24% | 25%% | 23%% | 35% | 28% | 19% | 22% |
µ = 2.37, P = .175 | µ = 2.25 P = .356 | µ = 2.16 P = .372 | µ = 2.11 P = .414 | µ = 2.17 P = .371 | µ = 2.43 P = .387 | µ = 3.77 P = .445 | |
Writing Processes and strategies (skills of exploring ideas, analyzing, organizing and synthesizing) | 12% | 15% | 14% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 12% |
µ = 2.11, P = .0715 | µ = 1.57, P = .1145 | µ = 1.7, P = .1373 | µ = 1.21, P = .192 | µ = 2.16, P = .414 | µ = 2.57, P = .378 | µ = 2.25, P = .0892 | |