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Teaching Technical Vocabulary at Universities: Which, How and When?

TLUKOVÁ, J.

Original Title

Teaching Technical Vocabulary at Universities: Which, How and When?

English Title

Teaching Technical Vocabulary at Universities: Which, How and When?

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Original Abstract

Technical vocabulary is generally considered a marginal section of the total vocabulary needed by language learners to communicate in the foreign language. As such it is not included in the main production of language textbooks, which brings several challenges to the language instructors who are required to teach it. This paper reviews several aspects related to teaching technical vocabulary: how to identify it and select it, how to present it to the learners, and at what stage of language learning we can introduce it. Although the examples of good practice were taken from the domain of engineering, it is assumed that the methods and approaches have a great potential to be applied in teaching languages to all university students.

English abstract

Technical vocabulary is generally considered a marginal section of the total vocabulary needed by language learners to communicate in the foreign language. As such it is not included in the main production of language textbooks, which brings several challenges to the language instructors who are required to teach it. This paper reviews several aspects related to teaching technical vocabulary: how to identify it and select it, how to present it to the learners, and at what stage of language learning we can introduce it. Although the examples of good practice were taken from the domain of engineering, it is assumed that the methods and approaches have a great potential to be applied in teaching languages to all university students.

Keywords

technical vocabulary, Language for Specific Purposes, English for civil engineering, CEFR framework

Key words in English

technical vocabulary, Language for Specific Purposes, English for civil engineering, CEFR framework

Authors

TLUKOVÁ, J.

RIV year

2020

Released

19.09.2019

Publisher

Czech and Slovak Association of Language Centre Teachers at Universities

Location

Brno

ISBN

1804-9435

Periodical

CASALC Review

Volume

2019

Number

1

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

38

Pages to

45

Pages count

8

URL

https://journals.muni.cz/casalc-review

BibTex

@article{BUT157359,
  author="Jolana {Tluková}",
  title="Teaching Technical Vocabulary at Universities: Which, How and When?",
  journal="CASALC Review",
  year="2019",
  volume="2019",
  number="1",
  pages="38--45",
  issn="1804-9435",
  url="https://journals.muni.cz/casalc-review"
}