English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)

The aim of this article is to introduce a case study carried out by a multidisciplinary teaching team who has studied, at the UPCT, the mechanisms for a progressive implementation of academic English in its schools, with the final purpose of achieving a bilingual teaching model. In a first theoretic...

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Main Author: Natalia CARBAJOSA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2012-05-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0214-3402/article/view/8871
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description The aim of this article is to introduce a case study carried out by a multidisciplinary teaching team who has studied, at the UPCT, the mechanisms for a progressive implementation of academic English in its schools, with the final purpose of achieving a bilingual teaching model. In a first theoretical stage, we explain how the teaching team focuses on the available concepts and theories concerned with languages for specific purposes, together with Bologna’s guidelines about English as a transversal competence in all Higher Education institutions. Likewise, the team revises the level of implementation of academic bilingual programs in our surrounding countries. Later, the article describes the elaboration process of several materials by the teaching team, in which all the faculty of the UPCT has been involved. Such materials have finally led to the design of a training course for those lecturers who have introduced or are going to introduce English, partly or wholly, in the content subjects of their respective degrees, thus contributing to strengthening the presence of languages for specific purposes in our academic environment.
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spelling doaj.art-a8e3e9a5c7b94a4788fe1c3216b487e22022-12-22T03:55:58ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaAula0214-34022012-05-01180435610.14201/88718468English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)Natalia CARBAJOSA0Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)The aim of this article is to introduce a case study carried out by a multidisciplinary teaching team who has studied, at the UPCT, the mechanisms for a progressive implementation of academic English in its schools, with the final purpose of achieving a bilingual teaching model. In a first theoretical stage, we explain how the teaching team focuses on the available concepts and theories concerned with languages for specific purposes, together with Bologna’s guidelines about English as a transversal competence in all Higher Education institutions. Likewise, the team revises the level of implementation of academic bilingual programs in our surrounding countries. Later, the article describes the elaboration process of several materials by the teaching team, in which all the faculty of the UPCT has been involved. Such materials have finally led to the design of a training course for those lecturers who have introduced or are going to introduce English, partly or wholly, in the content subjects of their respective degrees, thus contributing to strengthening the presence of languages for specific purposes in our academic environment.https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0214-3402/article/view/8871equipos docentesmultidisciplinariedadinglés de especialidad (o espo inglés profesional y académico)bilingüismoespacio europeo de educación superior
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English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
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equipos docentes
multidisciplinariedad
inglés de especialidad (o esp
o inglés profesional y académico)
bilingüismo
espacio europeo de educación superior
title English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
title_full English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
title_fullStr English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
title_full_unstemmed English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
title_short English for academic purposes in the framework of the European Space of Higher Education: An example of teaching teams at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
title_sort english for academic purposes in the framework of the european space of higher education an example of teaching teams at universidad politecnica de cartagena upct
topic equipos docentes
multidisciplinariedad
inglés de especialidad (o esp
o inglés profesional y académico)
bilingüismo
espacio europeo de educación superior
url https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0214-3402/article/view/8871
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