Selection of Relevant Information: a Challenge for Reading EAP Courses

Authors

  • Angela Cristina de Oliveira Corte Universidade de São Paulo-FFLCH-Centro de Línguas/Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Cynthia Regina Fischer Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo/Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo-GEALIN/Centro Universitário da FECAP - Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brasil

Keywords:

EAP, reading, selectivity, material development

Abstract

Students show great diffi culty in selecting relevant information in accordance to their reading purpose in our English for Academic Purpose reading classes, revealing problems to distinguish important information from irrelevant information. This diffi culty tends to be more evident when they work with longer texts. Therefore, we have developed some materials to help students select relevant information from texts. This article aims at presenting the procedures and decisions underlying the design of our material as well as a sample of the tasks we have elaborated to improve the students’ selectivity and fl exibility skills.

Author Biographies

Angela Cristina de Oliveira Corte, Universidade de São Paulo-FFLCH-Centro de Línguas/Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial, São Paulo, Brasil

Angela Cristina de Oliveira Corte has a PhD degree in Education from the College of Education at the University of São Paulo. She has an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the Catholic University of São Paulo. She studied English Language and Literature at the Catholic University of São Paulo for her fi rst degree. She has been teaching in universities for more than 20 years. She has been involved in ESP research and teaching since 1987.

Cynthia Regina Fischer, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo/Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo-GEALIN/Centro Universitário da FECAP - Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brasil

Cynthia Regina Fischer has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Catholic University of São Paulo. She has an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the same University. She graduated in English Language and Literature at the Catholic University as well. She has been teaching in universities for more than 20 years. She has been involved in ESP research and teaching since 1987. Presently she is part of the research group GEALIN in the Applied Linguistic Post-Graduation Program at the Catholic University of São Paulo.

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2010)

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