LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED.
<p class="MsoNormal">The ability to learn languages and adapt communication competencies to the changing needs and situations of a global knowledge society and the European Higher Education area is becoming a necessity for future engineers. This article first discusses the demand for...
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal">The ability to learn languages and adapt communication competencies to the changing needs and situations of a global knowledge society and the European Higher Education area is becoming a necessity for future engineers. This article first discusses the demand for communication skills in Engineering Education in general. Secondly, it describes the present state of the Bologna process in Spanish higher education, which calls for a change in focus from an input model to an output one, in which learning outcomes are central. Finally, it summarizes the proposal of developing a ªbank" of language learning outcomes for Engineering Education studies framed within the European Language Portfolio. This bank of learning outcomes, expressed as ªcan do" statements, will serve three purposes: curricula guidance for teachers, guidelines for student life-long learning and autonomous learning.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28f39098615341b89496374e0ad4d4ca2022-12-21T23:32:02ZengUniversidad Politécnica de ValenciaRevista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas1886-24381886-62982008-07-0131597110.4995/rlyla.2008.690LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED.Pilar Durán EscribanoJoana Pierce McMahon<p class="MsoNormal">The ability to learn languages and adapt communication competencies to the changing needs and situations of a global knowledge society and the European Higher Education area is becoming a necessity for future engineers. This article first discusses the demand for communication skills in Engineering Education in general. Secondly, it describes the present state of the Bologna process in Spanish higher education, which calls for a change in focus from an input model to an output one, in which learning outcomes are central. Finally, it summarizes the proposal of developing a ªbank" of language learning outcomes for Engineering Education studies framed within the European Language Portfolio. This bank of learning outcomes, expressed as ªcan do" statements, will serve three purposes: curricula guidance for teachers, guidelines for student life-long learning and autonomous learning.</p>http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/rdlyla/article/view/690engineering communication competencieslearning outcomessecond language acquisitionEuropean Higher Education areaESP. |
| spellingShingle | Pilar Durán Escribano Joana Pierce McMahon LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED. Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas engineering communication competencies learning outcomes second language acquisition European Higher Education area ESP. |
| title | LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED. |
| title_full | LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED. |
| title_fullStr | LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED. |
| title_full_unstemmed | LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED. |
| title_short | LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION REVISITED. |
| title_sort | language communication competencies in engineering education revisited |
| topic | engineering communication competencies learning outcomes second language acquisition European Higher Education area ESP. |
| url | http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/rdlyla/article/view/690 |
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