Teaching ESP at a Technical University
Roč.13,č.2(2023)
Teaching professional English at a technical university is a specific task not only from the point of methodology but especially the contents and syllabi of specific language courses. As I have been teaching future engineers for years, I have seen the specific professional variety to emerge, to constitute in academic settings where English is used as a foreign language. Therefore, I have analysed various electrotechnical texts and on the basis of my research I have classified specific features of the professional variety of English which is necessary to teach our undergraduates. My research results are published in my book Parameters of Professional Discourse.
English for professional purposes
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