English for Civil Engineering. Student's Book. Part II

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionela Ionitiu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Professional Certification ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
Authentic Texts ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Engineering Environment ◽  
Civil Engineers

The textbook is a compilation based on the authentic texts adapted from websites and magazines (USA, UK, Canada) and is intended for civil engineering students. One of the aims of this project has been to develop materials both for testing the foreign language competence of civil engineers and for teaching them the language that they need to require for their professional certification. I do not assume that my users will have an in-depth knowledge of civil engineering works. Therefore, the units have been devised to help students improve their knowledge and use of English in an engineering environment. Each unit covers vocabulary related to a certain topic area- ranging from basic civil engineering vocabulary to roads, architecture, bridges, types of foundations and so on- and is designed to reinforce and improve their communicative skills.

The problem of teaching communicative tactics in English-language professional discourse

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Svetlana S. Andreeva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
The Will

The work discusses the problem of teaching students of civil engineering departments English-language civil engineering discourse, in particular, communicative tactics of this type of discourse. We substantiate the need to form students’ skills in using the communicative tactics applied in civil engineering discourse in professional communication. We give an overview of com-municative tactics of written discourse used by the authors of English-language documentation in civil engineering professional field. The purpose of the study is to determine the level of students’ skills in using communicative tactics in a foreign language professional written speech. Theoretical and practical research showed that in a modern technical university, insufficient attention is paid to teaching students this component of professional discourse. At the same time, the level of students’ skills to use communicative tactics in professional communication is quite low, which led us to the conclusion that it is of paramount importance to include this component in the pro-gram of teaching a foreign language in a professional field. The results of the will serve as the ba-sis for the development of a methodic model of teaching civil engineering students the communic-ative tactics of professional civil engineering discourse.

scholarly journals LANGUAGE LEARNING AUTONOMY AND ACTION RESEARCH

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
M.V. Joyce Merawati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Cognitive Behaviors ◽  
Learning English

This study attempts to explore the development of learning autonomy of seventeen Civil Engineering students at a state polytechnic in Indonesia when learning English as a foreign language by conducting inductive action research together with the students and was supported by the managing staff of Self-Access Language Learning (SALL). The development was analyzed from learners’ journals, observations, and class discussion or small talks. The results showed that conducting action research with the students for two semesters develops language learning autonomy in various degrees moving from physical to cognitive behaviors.  Keywords: learning autonomy, action research, Self-Access Language Learning (SALL)

scholarly journals Mobile-Assisted Learning as a Condition for Effective Development of Engineering Students’ Foreign Language Competence

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassiliy Andreevich Krivoruchko ◽  
Aigul Bekturovna Raissova ◽  
Inna Mikhailovna Makarikhina ◽  
Gulnar Dzumabayevna Yergazinova ◽  
Bayan Ruslanovna Kazhmuratova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Effective Development

scholarly journals Forecasting Construction Engineering Students’ Learning Outcomes by Means of Computational Pedagogys

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-500
Author(s):  
Juriy A. Tashkinov
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Civil Engineers

Introduction. The prediction of learning outcomes plays an important role in professional training of the future civil engineers. The relevance of the article lies in the lack of a unified approach to predicting the formation of basic professional competencies among students of civil engineering universities. The purpose of the article is to describe the creation of a technology for predicting the formation of professional competencies of future civil engineers using modern computer technologies. Materials and Methods. The study was carried out on the basis of the results of the analysis of publications on the creation of social and pedagogical forecasts by computer methods, followed by the construction of “competence-based profiles”. To study the problem, empirical information from the results of passed examinations, tests performed by students of the academic programme 03/08/01 “Construction engineering” (102 students) was analysed. The data were presented in a 3D OLAP cube format. Results. As a result of the research, the author has created a step-by-step technology for quantitative forecasting of the formation of general professional, professional and universal competencies of future civil engineers, in accordance with the educational standard. A competence-based profile of a student enrolled with the construction engineering university has been built. Donbass National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture served as experimental facility. The analytical tool “Competence calculator of a future civil engineer” was developed. The optimal time for forecast development was revealed: making a forecast at the early stages of training while maintaining suf ficient accuracy. Discussion and Conclusion. The results of the study open a new theoretical direction in the study of the influence of various factors on the results of pedagogical forecasting: identifying the dynamics of achieving each of the educational results in each of the academic semesters; study of factors and indicators of the forecast background.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF CIVIL ENGINEERS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 568-584
Author(s):  
Inna Khyzhniak ◽  
Vasyl Kravets ◽  
Larysa Lysak ◽  
Vita Hryhorieva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
General Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Civil Engineers

In the context of the man-made burden on the natural environment, the issues of developing civil engineering students’ environmental awareness are important and particularly relevant to low environmental security countries, which include Ukraine. The authors emphasize the need for broad implementation of the Concept of Sustainable Development in professional training of civil engineering students, determine the level of their environmental awareness, compare the levels of formation of environmental awareness components, and pursue to identify effective ways to environmentalize engineering training. The study involved the students of Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. The authors selected the semi-structured questionnaire method combining rating, Likert and importance scales, alternative and unstructured questions, as well as elements of the Azapagic and the Naturafil techniques. The results did not prove the formation level of the civil engineering students’ environmental awareness to be unsatisfactory. It was also found that the civil engineering students have steady environmental beliefs and are willing to comply with environmental norms in their activities. This fact brought the authors to the conclusion that the current practice of higher technical education in Ukraine takes account of sustainable development. The level of the civil engineering students’ environmental knowledge was also determined as sufficient, while their environmental activity and environmental management skills were seen as low. According to the authors, the use of integrated and practice-oriented approaches to teaching professional subjects and the introduction of environmental topics into general education subjects will contribute to strengthened environmentalization of professional training of civil engineers. Keywords: civil engineer, environmental awareness, higher school, sustainable development, technical education

POTENTIAL OF MUSEUM PEDAGOGY FOR THE FORMATION OF LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE TRAINING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN REGIONAL STUDIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Svetlana A. Voronova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Museum Exhibits ◽  
Museum Pedagogy ◽  
Reverse Translation ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Language Competencies

Visiting the museum is always useful and has a huge potential for learning foreign languages, because there this process is not singular and individual, and there are opportunities for communication, exchange of views and discussion in the study group. In addition, the Museum can be seen as a window into another culture, actualizing personal development beyond the acquisition of language. Museum exhibits encourage productive (speech) activities and allow for a wide variety of activities and disputes. The cross-cultural experience is initiated by the Museum subject and communication with other students. Visiting museums contributes to the formation of an intercultural dialogue. In the Museum classes, various types of speech activities can be used to promote the progress of such communicative skills as direct and reverse translation, posing various types of questions, making assumptions, evaluating, generalizing, abstracting, drawing conclusions and conclusions. Museum exhibits are an impulse for spontaneous speech, which is the goal of teaching a foreign language. Simultaneously with the development of language competence, students continue to develop such important competencies as tolerant coreference to different views, creativity. The only restriction for classes in museums is the time limit for completing tasks.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNICATE METHOD OF TEACHING UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE LESSON «OUR FAMILY»)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (9(77)) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Sheremeta
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Selection Of

In the article presents a system of methodical work on the formation of communicative skills in foreign medical students while studying the topic «My Family». The content of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language is outlined, peculiarities of mastering oral and written forms of language are analyzed. It has been proved that the formation of the Ukrainian language competence of foreign students is based on language training, which at the initial stage of language learning involves free fluency in vocabulary. The necessity to study the main aspects of studying the topic «My Family», aimed at finding the best means and methods to meet the basic communicative needs of students in everyday and educational and professional spheres (mastering linguistic and speaking skills and developing communication skills and topical for service in the Ukrainian language environment). The basic aspects of forming of communicative and skills skills will help to optimize the process of education of foreign students in higher education institutions of Ukraine and can be used in the further development of new methods of assessing the level of professional training of future medical professionals. Provided special educational equipment and innovative approaches to the study of the Ukrainian language. Development a system of exercises aimed at enriching the vocabulary of foreigners development of oral and written, monologue and dialogical speech, improving skills from all types of speech activities. The author’s method of mastering the material, aimed at the optimal selection of ways to improve the efficiency of the lesson, is described. Methodical recommendations are given for the development of a medical profile of foreign students in the medical profile of dialogue.

scholarly journals ENGINEERING STUDENTS PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN POINT RATING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
P.S. Minakova ◽  
◽  
O.I. Taranenko ◽  
L.A. Fedko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
The University ◽  
Rating Scheme ◽  
Pedagogical Literature ◽  
Development Of Students

The development of students’ progress point-rating assessment at the university is discussed. The analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature of domestic and foreign authors on this issue was carried out. The practical aspects of using point-rating assessment system are discussed. In particular, the problem which consists in finding ways to improve methods of developing rating system is highlighted. The researchers worked out rating scheme for assessing students’ activities in the discipline «Professionally focused translation». The learning outcomes in the conditions of experimental work are analyzed. The attitude of students to the recommended assessment scheme is shown.

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