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Developing English language competence for global engineers

  • English language skills are essential to professional communication in international engineering environments. Given the concomitant degree of specialization, university-level coursework in English for Specific Purposes is an essential component of engineering student preparation. This large-scale survey of university students of engineering in three European countries provides important insight into the most relevant language skills, with the goal of informing communicative, task-based curricula for Technical English courses.

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Author:Eric Koenig, Katherine GuertlerORCiD, Dorota Żarnowska, Jolita Horbačauskienė
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125208
Parent Title (English):2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON): 27-30 April 2020, Porto, Portugal
Document Type:conference proceeding (article)
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2020
Release Date:2022/01/27
Tag:English as a foreign language; English for engineers; English for specific purposes; professional communication; technical English
First Page:242
Last Page:249
Institutes:Fakultät Angewandte Natur- und Kulturwissenschaften
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
Licence (German):Keine Lizenz - Es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht: § 53 UrhG