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Supporting Undergraduate Student Learning through Reflective Journal Writing in a Service-Learning Subject: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Approach 通过服务学习主题的反思性日志写作支持大学生学习:跨学科合作方法

English Across the Curriculum: Voices from Around the World Pub Date : 2021-04-07 DOI: 10.37514/INT-B.2021.1220.2.01

Felicia Fang, Yammy L. Y. Chak

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Helping Students from Different Disciplines with their Final Year/ Capstone Project: Supervisors� and Students� Needs and Requests 帮助来自不同学科的学生完成他们的最后一年/毕业项目:导师和学生的需求和要求

English Across the Curriculum: Voices from Around the World Pub Date : 2021-04-07 DOI: 10.37514/INT-B.2021.1220.2.05

Julia Chen, Christy Chan, Vicky C. H. Man, E. Tsang

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Gaps in Content-Based English Enhancement in Science and Engineering 基于内容的理工科英语提升的差距

English Across the Curriculum: Voices from Around the World Pub Date : 2021-04-07 DOI: 10.37514/INT-B.2021.1220.2.02

B. Siu

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