DocumentCode :
3192307
Title :
Teaching English technological textbooks in non-native English speaking nations
Author :
Lu, Bing-Yuh ; Tung, Ming-Li
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tung-Nam Inst. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
fYear :
2004
fDate :
17-19 June 2004
Firstpage :
107
Lastpage :
110
Abstract :
English is very important to elevate technology in nonnative English speaking nations (non-NESN). In this study we design a questionnaire for 77 employees whose major is electronic engineering, Tung-Nan Institute of Technology. The findings demonstrate English reading (avg. = 3.4) is pretty important compared with writing (avg. = 2.7), listening (avg. = 2.47), and speaking (avg. = 2.2) in their jobs. However, most of them hope they can enhance English listening (avg. = 4.39), speaking (avg. = 4.38), reading (avg. = 4.06), and writing (avg. = 4.1) skills at the same time. To the 42 full-time students we teach an English technological textbook in English CD-ROM written in simple words and short sentences. After 2 months\´ teaching, we design another questionnaire to study students\´ learning achievements. The results show it is helpful to students to understand the contents in class by the instructors\´ explaining common words and terminology. Moreover, students understand the contents of English technological textbooks. The correlation of the mentioned above results is high (0.7862). Furthermore, we propose an example to classify the vocabulary according to various professional fields to reduce students\´ burden, so students can emphasize the "hit rate" of the vocabulary.
Keywords :
educational aids; educational institutions; electronic engineering education; natural languages; teaching; vocabulary; CD-ROM; English technological textbooks; electronic engineering; nonnative English speaking nations; technological education; technological textbooks teaching; vocabulary classification; vocational education; CD-ROMs; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Natural languages; Software; Terminology; Vocabulary; Writing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Technology and Society, 2004. ISTAS '04. International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8390-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISTAS.2004.1314335
Filename :
1314335
Link To Document :
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