GEAR UP: DESIGNING AN ESP COURSE FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

 

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Autores: Elizondo González, Jose Fabián, Pilgrim, Yannick, Sánchez Víquez, Andrea
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2020
Descripción: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.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/41979
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/intersedes/article/view/41979
Palabra clave: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