• DocumentCode
    3202381
  • Title

    The experience of implementing a communication skills assessment in the first year course for undergraduate computing engineering students: A tool for further development of an international curriculum

  • Author

    Fernández, Marinela García ; Caro, Edmundo Tovar

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. de Inf., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-6 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    1081
  • Lastpage
    1087
  • Abstract
    This paper shows the design and development of a project, accomplished at the beginning of the first year program of the computing engineering technical curriculum, based on the assessment of basic science subjects, together with the English language proficiency, with the purpose of developing and modifying, if necessary, the course syllabus in order to adapt the course content to the university general guidelines and strategic planning, according to the students background knowledge from their secondary studies.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; natural language processing; English language proficiency; communication skills assessment; engineering technical curriculum; first year course; international curriculum; undergraduate computing engineering students; Context; Engineering education; Europe; Grammar; Informatics; assessment; communicative skills; computing engineering curriculum; global engineering; second language acquisition;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Amman
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-642-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773282
  • Filename
    5773282