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    A Needs Analysis of the Assessed Writing Genres of a 1st Year Undergraduate Engineering Programme
    (Nazarbayev University Center for Preparatory Studies, 2015) Ketteringham, Matthew
    Increasing numbers of non-native English speakers (NNES) are studying at English-medium universities. This increase of students has stimulated the need for EAP instruction, so students can become competent in the discourse conventions of their chosen academic community. The purpose of this research was to carry out a needs analysis (NA) of a 1st year Engineering programme at an English-medium university. A case study approach was used to gain a deeper understanding of the writing requirements of 1st year Engineers and to influence teaching and learning within the School of Engineering (SOE). The methodology used to carry out the NA included genre analysis of institutional artefacts, and interviews and focus groups with faculty and students.
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    Can the Use of the Course Management System Moodle Foster Learner Autonomy?
    (Nottingham University, 2015) Ketteringham, Matthew
    The development of technology has challenged traditional classroom based teaching as the normal mode of instruction. Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) has been seen as both an innovative new approach to teaching and at the same time a threat to institutionalised language learning (Benson & Voller, 1997; Benson, 2006). TELL has been linked to learner autonomy because of the possibility to enhance both ‘out-of-class’ learning and classroom environments....
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    Genre Analysis of 2 Research Reports; 3rd Year Undergraduate Research Report and a Research Article and Materials Design
    (Nottingham University, 2015) Ketteringham, Matthew
    Genre analysis has developed from earlier approaches to text analysis since the 1980s to influence EAP/ESP pedagogies based on the understanding that particular genres have particular communicative functions...