Exploring engineering students’ needs in the  design of an English for Specific Purposes reading course

Fausto Emmanuel Luna Ríos

doi:10.29057/lc.v3i5.7838

Fausto Emmanuel Luna Ríos Universidad Veracruzana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8087-8670

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Mots-clés: necesidades, course, design, engineering, needs, ESP

Résumé

In particular, English has become a universal language all over the world and has had a huge impact on several academic and professional fields. Therefore, not only has the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language (EFL), gained importance, but in particular, English for specific purposes (ESP). This article presents a case study that explores and identify engineering students’ needs and demands by means of a Needs Analysis that involves interviews and surveys in order to design an ESP Reading Course. This inquiry included identifying needs to design an ESP course which may provide students with the essential tools in order to understand, and manage accurately, specialized information, which is relevant for their professional development.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Fausto Emmanuel Luna Ríos, Universidad Veracruzana

Académico mexicano de la Universidad Veracruzana y Universidad Anáhuac Xalapa. Graduado como Licenciado en Lengua Inglesa con perfil en docencia y traducción. Asimismo, cuento con el grado de Maestro en Enseñanza del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera por parte de la Universidad Veracruzana, en dicha maestría conté con el apoyo de CONACYT al haber cursado un posgrado con PNPC. Actualmente, me encuentro cursando el Doctorado en Investigación Educativa dentro de la LGAC Investigación lingüística y didáctica de la traducción dentro de la UV. Adicionalmente, también he tenido la oportunidad de participar como evaluador RUA de la UV, así como director, lector y jurado de Trabajos Recepcionales de estudiantes de la Licenciatura Lengua Inglesa de la Facultad de Idiomas relacionados a la docencia y traducción. Por otra parte, en años anteriores, laboré profesionalmente como docente a nivel universitario en el Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa (ITSX).

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