 English for general purposes (EGP) as a means to improve undergraduate freshmen’s language proficiency in TaiwanShu-Hsiu Huang and Kuei-Ju Tsai International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 106, issue C Abstract: In Taiwan, English is termed English for General Purposes (EGP) and is a mandatory subject for university students as part of their general education curriculum. Despite previous discussions on various issues related to EGP, there is limited research on students' overall learning effectiveness of EGP and the influence of language proficiency and gender on EGP learners' learning outcomes. This study collected and analyzed the English test scores of over 2000 undergraduate first-year students from three consecutive academic years. The results indicate that many students showed noticeable progress after receiving EGP instruction. The improvement was more significant for female students than male students, with female students at elementary and intermediate levels most benefiting from the EGP learning experience. Keywords: English for general purposes (EGP); Proficiency placement; Gender; English as a foreign language (EFL); Learning effectiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:injoed:v:106:y:2024:i:c:s0738059324000191 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.102997 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Educational Development is currently edited by Stephen P Heyneman More articles in International Journal of Educational Development from Elsevier |
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