Success at Teaching English and Spanish for General and Specific Purposes to Engineering Students

conference paper

English

An overview concerning the system of teaching two world languages - English and Spanish - to both undergraduates and postgraduates studying at three of the faculties of Brno University of Technology. The topics focus upon the importance of integration of languages and engineering education with special regard to the international mobility of technically-oriented students and also with particular regard to the importance of the standardization of language teaching in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The paper concentrates on the use of IT in language learning and teaching of languages and on the significance of language teaching for specific purposes. Spanish commented upon in greater detail with respect to motives for studying, aims, contents, evaluation of the courses, feedback from exchange students, and plans for the future

English, Spanish, language for specific purposes, standardization,language in technology education

BORECKÁ, M.

1. 8. 2006

University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

1-58874-649-6

9th Conference on Engineering Education, ICEE 2006

R2J-11

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