Title: Designing the Courses for Technical Communication in English at Tokyo Polytechnic University
Abstract:Tokyo Polytechnic University started the introduction courses for technical communication in English replacing its two of the regular courses of English VII and English VIII for the second year studen...Tokyo Polytechnic University started the introduction courses for technical communication in English replacing its two of the regular courses of English VII and English VIII for the second year students. The major aim of the introduction of the courses is to guide students to become able to read and write in English in their specific fields. The syllabi were written according to the idea of notional and functional syllabi to realize the specific goal of the technical reading and writing in English by providing basic vocabulary and structures to fulfill the needs for understanding and production. In this paper the philosophy of the syllabi and the contents are presented as well as the problems that were found after the first semester of the courses in 2014 according to the questionnaire replied by the students who took the course.Read More
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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