Technical English Vocabulary Tasks For Engineering: Practice Variation

Résumé: With the growth and development of ESP in business and technical fields of study and work, learning technical vocabulary is one of the most crucial factors for students to succeed in their technical English learning. In this study, the researcher suggests a variety of task samples which would be adequate to the teaching of technical English vocabulary in the study field of engineering. A questionnaire was administered to 36 post graduate engineering students from the faculty of engineering at Annaba University, the results revealed that the majority of the students have issues of understanding new technical English vocabulary and do not make enough vocabulary practice in the classroom. An interview, also, was directed to the teacher of ESP at the same faculty; the teacher confirmed that he deals only with translation into French or sometimes into Arabic in order to explain the new technical terms.

Publié dans la revue: Aleph