• 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