ENGLISH FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: INTEGRATING PROFESSIONAL VOCABULARY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

The increasing integration of engineering education and professional practice possesses a great influence of English competence on engineering students. These students are supposed not to be limited with the technical terminology, but to use them in their speech during communication in an effective way. These terminologies will be great beneficial while presentations, technical discussions, reports, emails, international projects, and meetings. Traditional teaching English to future engineers was where related vocabulary used to be separate from communicative practice. This work analyses the significance of the integration of vocabulary and communication skill in English courses for future engineering students. In this work, it is argued that vocabulary and communication skill in English courses should be integrated through authentic materials, and context, not only memorization. The paper proposes a context-based approach combining professional terminology, speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities. Such an approach can contribute to the development of both English proficiency and professional communication competence among future engineers. A context-based approach mixing professional terminology, listening, speaking, writing and reading is suggested to contribute for the development of professional English proficiency and communication in English for Engineering courses.

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