Class: ESP for Science Majors Duration: 8 weeks Meeting times: Tuesday/Thursday 1:00-2:50
Overview and Requirements: This class is especially designed for students in the Academic Intensive English Program who are science majors and plan to continue their studies in an American university (at the undergraduate or graduate level). The class is designed to reinforce the main grammar points and academic writing structures through scientific content in the form of listening activities, readings and discussions. Students will be exposed to the language and terminology used in scientific academic articles and videos on different scientific topics throughout the 8 weeks. Students will also be conducting an inquiry-based research project on a scientific topic of their choice, which will culminate in a written essay and mini-presentation of each student’s findings.
Objective: The objective is to expose science majors to more relevant technical vocabulary, expose them to a variety of authentic reading and listening materials, and reinforce the language functions taught at the upper-intermediate and advanced level in the Academic English Program while studying authentic scientific materials from a variety of academic sources. Students will also be learning about reading-to-write, a skill they will use throughout their university career.
Required Books: None
**All articles and readings will be either provided by the teacher or by the individual students from various academic resources. (Science Magazine, KAUST University Newsletter, National Geographic, Science Daily News, The New England Journal of Medicine, etc.)
Copyright © December 2015 by Abby Burgoyne
Overview and Requirements: This class is especially designed for students in the Academic Intensive English Program who are science majors and plan to continue their studies in an American university (at the undergraduate or graduate level). The class is designed to reinforce the main grammar points and academic writing structures through scientific content in the form of listening activities, readings and discussions. Students will be exposed to the language and terminology used in scientific academic articles and videos on different scientific topics throughout the 8 weeks. Students will also be conducting an inquiry-based research project on a scientific topic of their choice, which will culminate in a written essay and mini-presentation of each student’s findings.
Objective: The objective is to expose science majors to more relevant technical vocabulary, expose them to a variety of authentic reading and listening materials, and reinforce the language functions taught at the upper-intermediate and advanced level in the Academic English Program while studying authentic scientific materials from a variety of academic sources. Students will also be learning about reading-to-write, a skill they will use throughout their university career.
Required Books: None
**All articles and readings will be either provided by the teacher or by the individual students from various academic resources. (Science Magazine, KAUST University Newsletter, National Geographic, Science Daily News, The New England Journal of Medicine, etc.)
Copyright © December 2015 by Abby Burgoyne
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