Construction of Learning System of English Technical Terms for KOSEN Students Based on Their Technical Knowledge

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370679
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Ibaraki National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: OKUYAMA Yasuhiro 茨城工業高等専門学校, 人文科学科, 准教授 (90369934)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 英語専門語彙 / ESP / アカデミックライティング / 工学系 / 高専 / 専門知識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to construct a learning system of English technical terms for KOSEN (College of Technology) students based on their technical knowledge. However, the research was delayed further than the first plan, we could not complete the construction of the system. The achievements of this research are as follows. The main finding of it is that the usage of some grammatical expressions, passive voice or participles, for example, in academic writing in engineering has some difference in accordance with each academic journal. So, we have to be cautious about how we use the grammatical expressions and teachers should teach reading/writing academic articles to the students based on that results.

Free Research Field

英語教育学