Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities

Recently there has been a trend towards English-medium instruction (EMI) with increasing numbers of programs taught in English (Wächter & Maiworm, 2014). At the same time, there has been a long tradition of ESP courses aiming at preparing students for effective academic and professional communic...

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Autores: Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439, Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X, Tatzl, Dietmar
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2019.12.001
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Palavra-chave:Language and languages--Study and teaching
English for specific purposes
Needs analysis
Technical communication
Students’ perceptions
ESP courses
English-medium instruction (EMI)
Academic and professional communication
Anglès tècnic
Llengües -- Ensenyament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
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spelling Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universitiesArnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502XTatzl, DietmarLanguage and languages--Study and teachingEnglish for specific purposesNeeds analysisTechnical communicationStudents’ perceptionsESP coursesEnglish-medium instruction (EMI)Academic and professional communicationAnglès tècnicLlengües -- EnsenyamentÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengüesRecently there has been a trend towards English-medium instruction (EMI) with increasing numbers of programs taught in English (Wächter & Maiworm, 2014). At the same time, there has been a long tradition of ESP courses aiming at preparing students for effective academic and professional communication. In an increasingly internationalized context, it is necessary to reappraise current ESP courses in order to find out the extent to which they are adapted to the ever-changing needs of engineering graduates in a glob- alized world. Within this context, this study looks at the impact of ESP courses on uni- versity students of engineering in two European universities (Spain and Austria). Specifically, our research was based in three campuses: two campuses from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), UPC-Vilanova (n 1/4 52) and UPC-Barcelona (n 1/4 26), and a third campus at FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (FHJ) in Austria (n 1/4 17). This research set out to track participants’ perceptions of how ESP courses prepared them for academic communication in general and EMI in particular (N 1/4 95). Data stem mainly from surveys administered both at the start and at the end of an ESP course. Students were asked about their perceived initial level of proficiency, their expectations, and their learning objectives (first survey, T1) as well as their perceived development in the different skills, the degree of fulfilment of their initial learning objectives, and their evaluation of the ESP course as preparation for international academic and professional communication (second survey, T2). These data were complemented with qualitative diary entries from students (n 1/4 7) who reflected on their learning at different stages of their ESP course. Results point to overall satisfaction with ESP courses and greater awareness of the nature of specialized communication and yield deeper insights into students’ strategies and areas where ESP can contribute to better student preparation and empowerment.20202020-01-0320222022-05-27journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/367773https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2019.12.001reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3677732026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
title Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
spellingShingle Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
Language and languages--Study and teaching
English for specific purposes
Needs analysis
Technical communication
Students’ perceptions
ESP courses
English-medium instruction (EMI)
Academic and professional communication
Anglès tècnic
Llengües -- Ensenyament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
title_short Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
title_full Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
title_fullStr Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
title_full_unstemmed Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
title_sort Engineering students' perceptions of the role of ESP curses in internationalized universities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X
Tatzl, Dietmar
author Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
author_facet Arnó Macià, Elisabet|||0000-0002-3431-6439
Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X
Tatzl, Dietmar
author_role author
author2 Aguilar Pérez, Marta|||0000-0001-7116-502X
Tatzl, Dietmar
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Language and languages--Study and teaching
English for specific purposes
Needs analysis
Technical communication
Students’ perceptions
ESP courses
English-medium instruction (EMI)
Academic and professional communication
Anglès tècnic
Llengües -- Ensenyament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
topic Language and languages--Study and teaching
English for specific purposes
Needs analysis
Technical communication
Students’ perceptions
ESP courses
English-medium instruction (EMI)
Academic and professional communication
Anglès tècnic
Llengües -- Ensenyament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Aprenentatge de llengües
description Recently there has been a trend towards English-medium instruction (EMI) with increasing numbers of programs taught in English (Wächter & Maiworm, 2014). At the same time, there has been a long tradition of ESP courses aiming at preparing students for effective academic and professional communication. In an increasingly internationalized context, it is necessary to reappraise current ESP courses in order to find out the extent to which they are adapted to the ever-changing needs of engineering graduates in a glob- alized world. Within this context, this study looks at the impact of ESP courses on uni- versity students of engineering in two European universities (Spain and Austria). Specifically, our research was based in three campuses: two campuses from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), UPC-Vilanova (n 1/4 52) and UPC-Barcelona (n 1/4 26), and a third campus at FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (FHJ) in Austria (n 1/4 17). This research set out to track participants’ perceptions of how ESP courses prepared them for academic communication in general and EMI in particular (N 1/4 95). Data stem mainly from surveys administered both at the start and at the end of an ESP course. Students were asked about their perceived initial level of proficiency, their expectations, and their learning objectives (first survey, T1) as well as their perceived development in the different skills, the degree of fulfilment of their initial learning objectives, and their evaluation of the ESP course as preparation for international academic and professional communication (second survey, T2). These data were complemented with qualitative diary entries from students (n 1/4 7) who reflected on their learning at different stages of their ESP course. Results point to overall satisfaction with ESP courses and greater awareness of the nature of specialized communication and yield deeper insights into students’ strategies and areas where ESP can contribute to better student preparation and empowerment.
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