Publication detail

A Proposal for Simultaneous Training of Reading and Writing Skills Based on a Case of Doctoral Engineering Students

VRÁNOVÁ, M.

Original Title

A Proposal for Simultaneous Training of Reading and Writing Skills Based on a Case of Doctoral Engineering Students

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Writing academic papers is an essential skill that all doctoral students must acquire as from the very beginning of their studies they are required to publish the results of their research in English. For the last four years I have been concerned with preparing PhD students for their future careers, paying particular attention to their writing skills. As a result, I have identified three recurring issues that have been posing a particular challenge to ESP teachers: structural shortcomings (e.g. confusing paragraph structure), overwhelming stress on visuals rather than verbal description, and a lack of discussion. As a remedial practice I propose simultaneous training of skills, reading and writing in this case, with a particular stress on cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Employing cognitive processes in training reading skills necessarily leads to greater self-awareness in the writing practice.

Keywords

writing, reading, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, doctoral engineering students

Authors

VRÁNOVÁ, M.

Released

10. 11. 2017

Publisher

VUTIUM

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-5558-0

Book

Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education – Current Trends, Approaches and Issues

Edition number

1

Pages from

78

Pages to

83

Pages count

6

URL

http://www.uj.fme.vutbr.cz/lspct/

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/70935

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT141666,
  author="Martina {Vránová}",
  title="A Proposal for Simultaneous Training of Reading and Writing Skills Based on a Case of Doctoral Engineering Students",
  booktitle="Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education – Current Trends, Approaches and Issues",
  year="2017",
  number="1",
  pages="78--83",
  publisher="VUTIUM",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-5558-0",
  url="http://www.uj.fme.vutbr.cz/lspct/"
}