GEAR UP: DESIGNING AN ESP COURSE FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS
This article presents the design of the course Gear Up, an ESP course addressed to Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Costa Rica. To gather the necessary data, a needs analysis and a diagnostic test were conducted to determine the contents, macro-skills, and evaluated activities to...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2020 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositório: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/41979 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/intersedes/article/view/41979 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | English for Specific Purposes needs analysis course design Task-Based Language Teaching performance assessment Inglés para fines específicos análisis de necesidades diseño de cursos enfoque basado en tareas evaluación basada en el rendimiento |
| Resumo: | This article presents the design of the course Gear Up, an ESP course addressed to Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Costa Rica. To gather the necessary data, a needs analysis and a diagnostic test were conducted to determine the contents, macro-skills, and evaluated activities to be included in the course. This article presents the findings of these two major initial activities and the subsequent course design proposal to satisfy the needs, wants, and lacks of both the students and stakeholders that participated in the process. Consequently, Gear Up was created as a 16-week course in which the Task-Based Language Teaching approach would guide both the content and performance-based, assessed activities throughout the course. |
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