specific linguistic and methodological qualifications of english language teachers and postgraduates...

Specific Linguistic and Methodological Qualifications of English Language Teachers and Postgraduates

Dagmar MalíkováBrno University of Technology, Czech Republic

International Conference on Engineering Education ICEE-2010 July 18-22, 2010, Gliwice, Poland

OutlineOutline

• Motivations for project realization• Groups under focus and their needs• English for Electrical Engineering• Methodology• Contribution and results of project activities• Future plans and intents


Motivations for project realizationMotivations for project realization

• English - language of scienceand technology

• Professional language of electrical engineering• Language competences - upgrading

of engineering qualifications, international tool of communication

• Necessity to support ESP funding


Target groups

• Academics – teachers of English

at Faculty of Electrical Engineering

and Communication

• Postgraduate Students of Electrical Engineering


1) 1) AAcademicscademics – teachers of English – teachers of English for specific purposes for specific purposes

English teachers with M.A. in English

need• Specific linguistic education• Specific methodological education

receive• Training not offered anywhere else


2) Postgraduates

English is their professional language• Source of professional information• Language of written publications• Language of spoken professional

communication

English language competences upgrade their qualifications


Written discourse

• A short discourse referring to student´sdoctoral thesis or a topic relatingto the major study area

• A structured CV, letter of application,motivation letter

• A report on a completed research task• A simple abstract• A process / product description• Communication of specific information


Spoken discourse

• Delivery of a simply formulated lecture• Making a presentation referring to a topic

related to the major study area• Taking part in an interview, discussion• Describing the research the student is

involved in• Mathematical terminology,description

of graphs, charts and trends


English for Electrical Engineering

A functional variety used for professional

and academic purposes

The purpose – to transfer specific

information concerning a specific field

of science


The style of science and technology

• Logical sequencing• High density of specific vocabulary• High degree of nominalization• Condensed sentencesMessage• True, relevant, brief, orderly, informativePreferred genres• Scientific article, research paper, research

report, book, textbook


Extralinguistic features pragmatic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic aspects

• Shared schemata of professional knowledge• Perception of language through such professional schemata • Terminology of electrical engineering and its specific disciplines gives the discourse inner

profound coherence associated by terms and references among them• English terms taken over as loanwords to Czech

create an intelligible net for decoding

the message


Methodology

• Language for specific purposes• Specific needs of learners• Based on needs analysis• Tuition goal-directed, student centred,

a certain tolerance of errors• Progress evaluation


Research referring to the needs of students

Sources

• Students• Language teachers• Teachers involved in major study areas• Potential employers


Research referring to the needs of students

Methods

• Discussions• Interviews• Questionnaires


An innovated course for postgraduate doctoral students

Based on• research results • needs analysisFocused on • specific features of the style

of science and technology• professional/technical writing• academic vocabulary• presentation techniques


Contributions of the projectContributions of the project

• Specific linguistic and methodological training

• of English teachers

• Specific language education of postgraduates

• Upgrading engineering qualifications

• Improving professional chances of postgraduates

• Innovated course for postgraduates

• Reference modules and task-based excercies accessible on line

• Financial support for departmental budget


Future applications and intentsFuture applications and intents

• New interdisciplinary Bachelor study programme English for Electrical Engineering submitted for accreditation to Ministry of Education

• Courses of English for Electrical Engineering • offered to academics teaching major engineering

subjects in English


Department of LanguagesDepartment of LanguagesFaculty of Electrical Engineering and CommunicationFaculty of Electrical Engineering and CommunicationBrno University of TechnologyBrno University of Technology


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