Foreign Language (Scientific English)

Abstract

Scientific English is a course that addresses students of technical and scientific specialties like 'Mathematics and Computer Science'. The notion on which the module is based is introduced in the program to train students using the linguistic tool of English as a language for specific purposes (ESP: English for Specific Purposes). This course falls within the framework of the program and the ministerial project which aims for the presence of the English language in higher education. This aim is to reinforce the use of this language in the academic and professional field due to its validity in terms of the linguistic process of scientific research. The course will revolve around 'The computer' as the main element. This element will assist the process through a linguistic approach that will be primarily built on the linguistic repertoire of the computer field. A variety of pedagogical activities will be presented to cover all the teaching aims of the subject. Reading comprehension, specialized vocabulary, grammar, morphology, phonetics, and written expression tools are the learning activities based on the computer and its multiple functions. The course will unfold through sequences, sections, and learning activities. The sequence is the primary cover that will encompass pedagogical elements of the same aim and pedagogical content. For this reason, the course will consist of two fundamental sequences. They are: 1. Reading and Writing 2. Listening and Speaking Each sequence is divided into two sections. 'Reading and Writing' is composed of Reading and then Writing. Listening and Speaking will unfold in the same manner. Each section will be presented with learning activities compatible with the main aims of the sequence. Grammar, vocabulary, phonetics are pedagogical contents that will cover the different sequences and sections.