Designing the syllabus for the EAP course “Architectural Art English”: A needs and genre analysis-based approach
Rui Sun, Zhihao Chen · 2026
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Rui Sun and Zhihao Chen report a 2026 journal article designing a syllabus for Architectural Art English, an English for Academic Purposes course for undergraduate architecture students. The design draws on needs analysis, asking what students must do in English, and genre analysis, studying the text types architects actually read and write.
A university-wide questionnaire gathered 650 students and faculty. It found a sharp gap between students' aims, such as joining international projects, studying abroad, and following foreign lectures, and their current weak listening skills and subject vocabulary. The proposed syllabus teaches seven genres, from textbooks and research papers to design statements and presentation scripts, through themed units using real cases and task-based projects.
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| CREATOR | Rui Sun, Zhihao Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 103860 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |