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Walsh, Kath; Rebaczonok-Padulo, Michael – Guidelines, 1993
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, a leading postsecondary technical institution in Singapore, offers English for academic and occupational purposes to prepare students for writing their final year projects. This article discusses the approaches used in Mechanical Engineering and Biotechnology projects. A sample exercise is appended. (Contains two references.)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries
Krishnan, Lakshmy; Murphy, Noela – Guidelines, 1993
In a Singapore study of the evaluation of engineering students' writing, engineering lecturers and language lecturers marked scripts differently. Analysis showed that engineering lecturers placed more emphasis on students' understanding of a process rather than their expression of that understanding. (Contains 13 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Interrater Reliability
Robinson, Bill – 1985
An English scientific language course developed for the professional communications engineering program at the University of Technology of Papua New Guinea was designed to incorporate some of the principles of language across the curriculum and to accompany an introductory electronics course. The language and subject area courses are taught in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communications, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Chandrasegaran, Antonia – Guidelines, 1993
In business correspondence and technical communications, lack of coherence can cause serious misunderstanding. This paper examines how the problem of generating coherence is addressed in English for Business and Technology textbooks. It proposes a cognitive approach to skill building and presents a teaching procedure for doing so. (Contains two…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Coherence, English for Science and Technology
Download full textCarreon, Edwina S. – 1996
This paper discusses the dilemma of the non-specialist teacher of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) or English for Science and Technology when faced with technical content, and describes the response of De La Salle University (Philippines) that broadened the graduate curriculum to help develop future ESP teacher competencies. The personal…
Descriptors: Course Content, Discourse Analysis, Educational Needs, English for Science and Technology
Peretz, Arna S. – 1988
Two common problems with advanced reading courses in English as a second language (ESL) for students of science and technology are the lack of authenticity in the reading tasks and the fact that the choice of reading material is often limited by what the language teacher can understand. These two constraints often diminish student motivation. An…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions, 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
