Designing an ESP writing course for pre-intermediate EFL engineering students
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Tomak, B., & Ataş, U. (2019).Designing an ESP writing course for pre-intermediate EFL engineering students. Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 7(3), 267-282.Özet
This paper reports the whole process on an attempt to design an ESP English
Writing Course (EWC) at a pre-intermediate level for engineering students studying at
English medium departments at a state university in Turkey. Designing an English Writing
Course specific for engineering students is necessary since the current EWC fails to
provide the students with necessary preparations for their future careers as well. Based on
Hyland’s (2003) guiding concepts for teaching L2 writing and following the Language
Curriculum Design Model of Nation & Macalister (2010), we aim to design an EWC that
will equip engineering students with specific content and terminology as well as giving
them a chance to practice writing in a way that will be sufficient for their future studies at
their departments and future academic and professional careers. Data were collected via
face-to-face interviews with preparatory school students and instructors as well as faculty
of engineering students and an instructor. Using qualitative content analysis, the needs,
wants, and lacks were determined and an ESP English Writing Course Syllabus is offered
as a result of this study which provides implications for developing writing skills of the
mentioned group, as well as other ESP writing course contexts.