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Peer reviewedBeer, David F. – Technical Communication, 1988
Offers advice to English teachers who find themselves in the position of teaching technical writing, especially in engineering. (JAD)
Descriptors: College English, Engineering, Engineers, English for Science and Technology
Peer reviewedBjork, Robert E. – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1983
Examines the structure and function of the medical model and its relationship to language. Explores possibilities of composition specialists teaching in the area of medical writing. (RAE)
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Medical Education, Medical Students, Medical Vocabulary
Peer reviewedSpretnak, Charlene M. – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1983
Presents reasons and methods for including numerous reading assignments when teaching technical writing to engineering students. (RAE)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, English for Science and Technology, Higher Education, Reading Instruction
Download full textMeese, George P. E. – 1984
Careful audience analysis should be a major focus of the rhetorical side of technical writing courses for university undergraduates. Student writers need to be taught to appreciate their readers' problems, interests, and motives. Most often, audience analysis is accomplished imaginatively--authors create mental images of their readers. Students…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Characterization, English for Science and Technology, Higher Education
Peretz, Arna S. – 1986
This guide suggests techniques for teaching skills in summary writing to students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in scientific and technical fields. Activities include: pre-summarization (identification of thesis sentences, conclusions and other essential components, multiple readings, notetaking and text-marking); summarization activities…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English for Science and Technology
Orr, Thomas, Ed. – 1995
This report contains a collection of articles that document the evolution of English for Science and Technology (EST) instruction and research--one of the earliest and most active branches of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Articles included are: (1) "WWW-Based Instruction for EST" (Roy Bowers); (2) "English for Medical Purposes in Mexico: A…
Descriptors: Educational Media, English for Science and Technology, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Language Education and Research. – 1990
This manual is part of a series of materials designed to reinforce essential concepts in physical science through interactive, language-sensitive, problem-solving exercises emphasizing cooperative learning. The materials are intended for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in beginning physical science classes. The materials are for teams of…
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, English for Science and Technology
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Language Education and Research. – 1990
This manual is part of a series of materials designed to reinforce essential concepts in physical science through interactive, language-sensitive, problem-solving exercises emphasizing cooperative learning. The manual is intended for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in beginning physical science classes. The materials are for teams of two…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, English for Science and Technology, English (Second Language)
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Language Education and Research. – 1990
This manual is part of a series of materials designed to reinforce essential concepts in physical science through interactive, language-sensitive, problem-solving exercises emphasizing cooperative learning. The manual is intended for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in beginning physical science classes. The materials are for teams of two…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, English for Science and Technology
Masters, Peter, Ed.; Brinton, Donna M., Ed. – 1998
The collection of activities for use in teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) includes the contributions of teachers in 14 countries and is divided into these categories: general English for specific purposes; English for academic purposes; English for art and design; English for business and economics; English for legal purposes; English…
Descriptors: Art, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
