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    Raising Students’ Awareness on the Importance of Cohesion in Academic Writing: The Case of the Students of the Second Year English at Hamma Lakhdar University in El-Oued, Algeria
    (University of eloued جامعة الوادي, 2017-11-07) GHEDEIR BRAHIM, Mohammed; NESBA, Asma
    Using linguistic ties makes the students' written productions more cohesive and understandable. However, it is noticed that they do not use grammatical cohesive devices efficiently. Thus, the present study attempts to measure the students' awareness on the importance of cohesion in academic writing. Meanwhile, this research work aims at investigating the various kinds of grammatical cohesive devices used by the students and their effects on writing cohesive discourse. It is hypothesized that the accurate use of grammatical cohesive devices would enhance students' writing. Seeking to achieve the study's aims, two questionnaires have been administered to four teachers of written expression in addition to twenty five students who have been chosen randomly. The findings of the study revealed that students do not pay much attention to the significant decisive role of cohesion in written discourse. Hence it was suggested that much space should be dedicated to the issue of cohesion in written expression course. إن استخدام الروابط اللغوية يجعل المنتج الكتابي للطلبة أكثر تماسكا وفهما. ومع ذلك فانه يلاحظ أن هؤلاء الطلبة يفتقدون الكفاءة لاستخدام هذه الروابط اللغوية لبناء تماسك النص. وعليه، تعد هذه الدراسة محاولة جادة لقياس وعي الطلبة بأهمية التماسك في الكتابة الأكاديمية. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى البحث في أدوات بناء التماسك النحوي المستعملة من لدن الطلبة وآثارها على كتابة خطاب مكتوب محكم التماسك. إن الفرضية التي بنيت عليها هذه الدراسة مفادها أن الاستخدام الصحيح لأدوات بناء التماسك النحوي تعزز التحكم في مهارة الكتابة عند الطلبة. وسعيا لتحقيق أهداف هذه الدراسة، تم تقديم استبيانين لأربعة أساتذة لمادة التعبير الكتابي بالإضافة إلى خمسة وعشرين طالبا تم انتقائهم عشوائيا. وقد كشفت نتائج الدراسة أن الطلبة لا يولون اهتماما كبيرا للدور الجوهري والهام لتماسك النص. كما نبهت الدراسة إلى ضرورة تخصيص حيز كبير من الوقت لموضوع تماسك النص في البرامج المخصصة لمادة التعبير الكتابي.
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    The University in the Service of Professional Settings
    (University of eloued جامعة الوادي, 2017-04-23) Nesba, Asma; GHEDEIR BRAHIM, Mohammed
    Policymakers are aware of the importance of introducing English as an ESP module in different specialties in the Algerian universities. However, in the workplace, university degree holders encounter difficulties to accomplish Language-related tasks. A study was conducted then to find out the cause of the gap existing between the university and the workplace for an ultimate goal to find solutions to bridge the gap between the university and the real work context by helping new recruited workers to exploit their previous language knowledge in professional settings. The study was conducted in a private language school in a class of eight (08) adult learners receiving intensive instruction in Business English. 02 businessmen and 06 sales managers in private companies. A questionnaire was used as data gathering tool to detect their motives to have such courses. Results reveal that their resort to ESP sessions in private schools is due to their failure to exploit their language knowledge to solve practical problems in the workplace especially problems related to business correspondence . Results led to the construction of pedagogical implications that highlight the importance of ESP and languages for specific purposes in general in equipping the present university students, the future workers, with the required language skills that will satisfy the professional settings needs. Recommendations focus on the necessity of having qualified and well trained ESP teachers at the department of Economy and Management as well as building a continuum between university and the professional settings.