Ayse Akyel
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ayse Akyel is involved.
Articles
2005 The role of L1 and L2 reading comprehension in solving mathematical word problems: A case in a delayed partial immersion program Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 28:1, pp. 52–66 | Article
Mathematics educators are concerned about students’ lack of ability to translate mathematical word problems into computable forms. Researchers argue that linguistic problems lie at the root of students’ difficulties with mathematical word problems. The issue becomes more complicated for bilingual… read more
1991 Evaluation of an ESP Program: A Case Study Report ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 93/94, pp. 1–23 | Article
According to recent arguments, a learning - centered ESP program should take into consideration both the learning needs - what the learner needs to do in order to learn and target needs - what the learner needs to do in the target situation. (Bowers 1980, Hutchinson and Waters 1984, 1987,… read more