English for specific purposes course for «Thermal engineering» specialty: needs analysis

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  • М. С. Кулахметова S.Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University
  • А. С. Сарсенбаева S.Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University
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Кілттік сөздер:

English for specific purposes, needs assessment, target situation analysis, present situation analysis, context analysis, goals of discipline, methods of data collection, teaching challenges.

Аннотация

The given article presents the needs assessment project for ESP course conducted in the framework of «E-teacher Scholarship program». The needs assessment included such aspects as target situation analysis, present situation analysis and context analysis. The needs assessment project is conducted in order to design the syllabus for the students of the specialty «Thermal engineering». The article reveals the goals of the discipline «English for specific purposes» for students with account of their professional distinctiveness. The data are taken from the materials collected at students’ questionnaire, observation, interviewing «Thermal engineering» teachers. The article also considers ESP challenges faced by university teachers. The absence of the placement test, poor English language competence of content area teachers conducting the lesson, few practical hours influence the quality of material acquisition.

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Как цитировать

Кулахметова, М. С., & Сарсенбаева, А. С. (2016). English for specific purposes course for «Thermal engineering» specialty: needs analysis. ҚазҰУ Хабаршысы. Филология сериясы, 157(5). вилучено із https://philart.kaznu.kz/index.php/1-FIL/article/view/1630

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Методика преподавания языка и литературы