Mudraya, Olga (2006) Engineering English : a lexical frequency instruction model. English for Specific Purposes, 25 (2). pp. 235-256. ISSN 0889-4906
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This paper argues for the integration of the lexical approach with a data-driven corpus-based methodology in English teaching for technical students, particularly students of Engineering. It presents the findings of the author’s computer-aided research, which aimed to establish a frequency-based corpus of student engineering lexis. The Student Engineering English Corpus (SEEC), reported here, contains nearly 2,000,000 running words reduced to 1200 word families or 9000 word-types encountered in engineering textbooks that are compulsory for all engineering students, regardless of their fields of specialization. The most immediate implication arising from this research is that sub-technical vocabulary as well as Academic English should be given more attention in the ESP classroom. The paper illustrates some sample data-driven instructional activities consistent with the lexical approach, in order to help students acquire the so-called language prefabs, or formulaic multi-word units/collocations, for technical and non-technical uses. The integration of the lexical approach with a corpus linguistic methodology can enrich the learners’ language experience and raise their language awareness, bringing out the researcher in them.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | English for Specific Purposes |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > School of Computing & Communications Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Linguistics & English Language |
| ID Code: | 8394 |
| Deposited By: | Mr Richard Ingham |
| Deposited On: | 22 Apr 2008 15:23 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 18:22 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/8394 |
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