Abstract

The study describes a content-based course designed for engineering students in a non-English speaking country, shares the experience in developing the course, presents the challenges encountered when teaching the course, and provides solutions to some challenges.

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  • In China where English is spoken as a foreign language, at universities of science and engineering, it is very common to see college students, especially engineering students, lack confidence in communicating in English for both professional and unprofessional purposes

  • What could language instructors do to meet the challenge of developing English courses that reflect the requirements of globalization? And how can content-based teaching develop its own methodology to enhance second language acquisition at university level? How could a content-based approach be translated into the practice of language teaching in the Chinese context? This study will attempt to answer these questions by presenting a course designed for engineering students, and present the development of an English course in Higher Education, science and engineering Universities in particular

  • The course English for Engineering is one of the elective courses provided by the Center for Language Education (CLE) at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

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In China where English is spoken as a foreign language, at universities of science and engineering, it is very common to see college students, especially engineering students, lack confidence in communicating in English for both professional and unprofessional purposes. Abstract The study describes a content-based course designed for engineering students in a non-English speaking country, shares the experience in developing the course, presents the challenges encountered when teaching the course, and provides solutions to some challenges. Keywords Content-based, English for Engineering, problem-solving, reading to learn, assessment-driven

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