Autorentext

Jean Parkinson is Associate Professor in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Klappentext

Introducing English for Science and Technology provides a comprehensive introduction on how to teach English for Science and Technology. The book focuses on the teaching of both written genres and oral presentations commonly used in science and engineering.

Using real examples of science and technology texts, as well as practical tasks to guide readers to reflect on their own teaching and experience, this book covers key elements of English for Science and Technology, including:

Undergraduate written genres such as laboratory reports, design specifications, and case studies, as well as undergraduate spoken genres such as design presentations

Postgraduate written genres such as theses, and research articles, and also spoken genres such as conference presentations and three-minute thesis presentations

Register features of science, such as tense, voice, and appropriate use of personal pronouns and how to teach them

Visual meaning in science and technology

Needs analysis in English for Science and Technology

Teaching approaches suitable for English for Science and Technology, and materials development and assessment in English for Science and Technology

Drawing on up-to-date research and teaching methods, the book is key reading for practising and pre-service teachers of both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of science and technology, teachers in an English Medium Instruction (EMI) context, as well as content specialists interested improving their students' writing.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction Part I: Science and technology discourse Chapter 2: Values in science and technology Chapter 3: Methods used in researching English for science and technology Chapter 4: Research genres and pedagogy in English for science and technology Chapter 5: Student genres and pedagogy in English for science and technology Chapter 6: Language features and pedagogy in English for science and technology Part II: Teaching English for science and technology Chapter 7: Needs analysis and learning objectives in English for science and technology Chapter 8: Assessment in English for science and technology Chapter 9: Course design in English for science and technology Chapter 10: Developing materials in English for Science and Technology Chapter 11: Conclusion Acknowledgements Appendices