The language of civil engineering: Corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in Malaysia
Engineering textbooks are specialized in nature, containing technical terminology which can be challenging to learners. For better comprehension of engineering concepts, there is a need for bridging the language gap by focusing on the frequently used and important engineering vocabulary. Most Englis...
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| description | Engineering textbooks are specialized in nature, containing technical terminology which can be challenging to learners. For better comprehension of engineering concepts, there is a need for bridging the language gap by focusing on the frequently used and important engineering vocabulary. Most English Language Teaching (ELT) teachers do not necessary possess the specialist language in the field of engineering which can be rather confusing to them. It has been reported that Malaysian engineering textbooks (syllabus) were not written based on any word lists or corpora. Hence, learners require the language needed in the field of engineering - English for Engineering Purposes (EEP). To meet this requirement, specialised engineering textbooks were studied to specify the meaningful lexical components which can facilitate learners to assimilate into their discourse community. In the field of civil engineering, there is no exception that learners too need to understand the composition of words found in their textbooks. This study shows the exact word lists and suggests what learners and teachers can do to learn the "language of civil engineering". � 2018 Authors. |
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| spelling | my.uniten.dspace-240282023-05-29T14:54:31Z The language of civil engineering: Corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in Malaysia Thiruchelvam S. Jin N.Y. Tong C.S. Ghazali A. Husin N.B.M. 55812442400 57314441300 55307895000 36441299400 55152658600 Engineering textbooks are specialized in nature, containing technical terminology which can be challenging to learners. For better comprehension of engineering concepts, there is a need for bridging the language gap by focusing on the frequently used and important engineering vocabulary. Most English Language Teaching (ELT) teachers do not necessary possess the specialist language in the field of engineering which can be rather confusing to them. It has been reported that Malaysian engineering textbooks (syllabus) were not written based on any word lists or corpora. Hence, learners require the language needed in the field of engineering - English for Engineering Purposes (EEP). To meet this requirement, specialised engineering textbooks were studied to specify the meaningful lexical components which can facilitate learners to assimilate into their discourse community. In the field of civil engineering, there is no exception that learners too need to understand the composition of words found in their textbooks. This study shows the exact word lists and suggests what learners and teachers can do to learn the "language of civil engineering". � 2018 Authors. Final 2023-05-29T06:54:31Z 2023-05-29T06:54:31Z 2018 Article 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.35.23119 2-s2.0-85059240058 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059240058&doi=10.14419%2fijet.v7i4.35.23119&partnerID=40&md5=befd6c90fdab9fd26f34c71ca0c9cf15 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/24028 7 4 844 847 All Open Access, Bronze, Green Science Publishing Corporation Inc Scopus |
| spellingShingle | Thiruchelvam S. Jin N.Y. Tong C.S. Ghazali A. Husin N.B.M. The language of civil engineering: Corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in Malaysia |
| title | The language of civil engineering: Corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in Malaysia |
| title_full | The language of civil engineering: Corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in Malaysia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The language of civil engineering: Corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in Malaysia |
| title_short | The language of civil engineering: Corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in Malaysia |
| title_sort | language of civil engineering: corpus-based studies on vocational school textbooks in malaysia |
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