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Hebe Wong & Henry ChungHebe Wong & Henry Chung

(ELC)(ELC) (EE)(EE)

Dec 2, 2010Dec 2, 2010

English Across the Electronic Engineering Curriculum

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Project Outline General English language input may not be able to

cater for the needs of students in their own discipline

Course instructors were not trained to assess / give feedback on students’ English proficiency

Many students had difficulty doing as well in academic studies as their abilities suggested they should be able to do (Bruffee, 2008)

Learning English through content has been regarded as a central concern in second language acquisition (Mohan, 1986).

The demand for WAC programmes began to arise in the US in 1970s (Thaiss, 1998).

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Project Objectives

Enable students to Identify and apply key discipline-

specific genre structures Use accurate and appropriate language

in communicating with members of the academic community

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Methodology

Writing Writing Workshop Workshop

Speaking Co-teaching Speaking Co-teaching Workshop Workshop

*E– Experimental group C– Control group

Online feedback(C, E)---------------Classroom consultation(E)

Online feedback(C, E)---------------Classroom consultation(E)

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Methodology

Online feedback ( Writing only) Criterion-referenced feedback (Writing

and presentation)

Control Experimental

Writing Online feedback

Online feedback + consultation

Presentation Workshop + co-teaching

Workshop

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Expected Outcomes

The findings will Examine the effectiveness of various

teaching modes (online, face-to-face consultation & co-teaching)

Assess the effectiveness of integrating the English language input into the EE curriculum

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Impact on teaching and learning

A small step in the form of a language teaching project in EE, is a giant leap for English across the Curriculum in the future.

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Project Outline

1. Outline the project and methods to be employed.

2. State the project expected outcomes

3. Does the project involve self assessment, if so how?

4. How might the outcomes affect teaching and learning and benefit the University as a whole?