Table 17 Mediation analysis result.

	β	Std. error	t-value	p-value
Path a
Objective → English language proficiency	−0.062	0.096	0.646	0.259
Content of learning → English language proficiency	0.403	0.103	3.911	0.000*
Method → English language proficiency	0.012	0.089	0.132	0.448
Assessment → English language proficiency	0.270	0.089	3.033	0.001*
Path b
English language proficiency → Technical communication	0.231	0.085	2.720	0.003*
Path c’
Objective → Technical communication	0.154	0.068	2.249	0.012**
Content of learning → Technical communication	0.186	0.101	1.852	0.032**
Method → Technical communication	0.043	0.082	0.522	0.301
Assessment → Technical communication	0.316	0.075	4.196	0.000*
Total effect
Objective → Technical communication	0.140	0.077	1.809	0.035**
Content of learning → Technical communication	0.280	0.096	2.908	0.002*
Method → Technical communication	0.045	0.089	0.508	0.306
Assessment → Technical communication	0.379	0.077	4.900	0.000*
Indirect effect
Objective → English language proficiency → Technical communication	−0.0140	0.0260	0.560	0.288
Content of learning → English language proficiency → Technical communication	0.0930	0.0390	2.376	0.009*
Method → English language proficiency → Technical communication	0.0030	0.0210	0.129	0.449
Assessment → English language proficiency → Technical communication	0.0620	0.0330	1.875	0.030**

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