Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students

Mevlüde Abdioğlu; Ceyhun Özkal; Ayşegül Daloğlu

doi:10.17152/gefad.976649

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Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students

Abstract

This case study specifies the academic English needs of English Medium Instruction (EMI) Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) students in a state university in Turkey. Curriculum design process of the project rested on Nation and Macalister’s (2010) framework. 33 students, five instructors in EEE department, and a language instructor took part in the need analysis (NA) stage. The data collection tools included checklists, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data gathered through the student and instructor questionnaires were analysed through SPSS Statistics v.22 software package programme. Codes, categories, and themes were generated to interpret the qualitative data. Based on the findings of the NA and environment analysis, we offered curriculum renewal for the English I-II courses by taking students’ learning needs and environmental constraints into account. The resulting data revealed that the existing English for General Purposes (EGP) course failed to satisfy both students and instructors. An English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course geared towards motivating students towards using English in their departmental courses and future work/studies was suggested. The results of the NA as well as the chosen principles were the main drivers and determinants of the goals, content, format, and proposed assessment procedures of the new course.

Keywords

Curriculum design, Need analysis, Environmental analysis, English for academic purposes, Program geliştirme, İhtiyaç analizi, Çevre analizi, Akademik amaçlı İngilizce

Lisans Düzeyindeki Mühendislik Öğrencileri İçin Akademik Amaçlı İngilizce Dersi Tasarımı

Abstract

Bu vaka çalışması, Türkiye'de bir devlet üniversitesinde İngilizce eğitim veren Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği öğrencilerinin akademik İngilizce ihtiyaçlarını belirlemek amacıyla hazırlanmıştır. Çalışma, Nation ve Macalister'in (2010) program geliştirme modeli temel alınarak oluşturulmuştur. İhtiyaç analizi aşamasında, 33 öğrenci, bölümünde görev yapan 5 öğretim üyesi ve bir yabancı dil öğretim görevlisi yer almıştır. Nicel ve nitel veriler; kontrol listeleri, anket ve yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Öğrenci ve öğretim elemanı anketleri aracılığıyla toplanan nicel veriler SPSS Statistics 22 paket programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Nitel verileri yorumlamak için kodlar, kategoriler ve temalar oluşturulmuştur. İhtiyaç analizi ve çevre analizinin bulgularına dayanarak ve öğrenme ihtiyaçları ve çevresel kısıtlamalarını dikkate alarak İngilizce I-II dersleri için öğretim programı değişikliği önerilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler, mevcut Genel İngilizce kursunun hem öğrencileri hem de eğitmenleri tatmin etmediğini ortaya koymuştur. Öğrencileri bölüm derslerinde ve gelecekteki çalışmalarında İngilizce kullanmaya motive etmesi muhtemel bir Akademik Amaçlı İngilizce (EAP) dersi önerilmiştir. Ihtiyaç analizinin sonuçları ve seçilen ilkeler; yeni oluşturulan programın amaçlarını, içeriğini, formatını ve önerilen değerlendirme prosedürlerini belirleyen ana unsurlardır.

Keywords

Program geliştirme, İhtiyaç analizi, Çevre analizi, Akademik amaçlı İngilizce

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mevlüde Abdioğlu
0000-0002-3029-0868
Türkiye

Ceyhun Özkal ^*
0000-0002-1282-6542
Türkiye

Ayşegül Daloğlu
0000-0002-9274-5952
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 30, 2022

Submission Date

July 31, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 4, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 42 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17152/gefad.976649

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https://izlik.org/JA69SY53EA

APA

Abdioğlu, M., Özkal, C., & Daloğlu, A. (2022). Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 42(3), 2393-2429. https://doi.org/10.17152/gefad.976649

AMA

1.Abdioğlu M, Özkal C, Daloğlu A. Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students. GUJGEF. 2022;42(3):2393-2429. doi:10.17152/gefad.976649

Chicago

Abdioğlu, Mevlüde, Ceyhun Özkal, and Ayşegül Daloğlu. 2022. “Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students”. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 42 (3): 2393-2429. https://doi.org/10.17152/gefad.976649.

EndNote

Abdioğlu M, Özkal C, Daloğlu A (December 1, 2022) Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 42 3 2393–2429.

IEEE

[1]M. Abdioğlu, C. Özkal, and A. Daloğlu, “Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students”, GUJGEF, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 2393–2429, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.17152/gefad.976649.

ISNAD

Abdioğlu, Mevlüde - Özkal, Ceyhun - Daloğlu, Ayşegül. “Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students”. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 42/3 (December 1, 2022): 2393-2429. https://doi.org/10.17152/gefad.976649.

JAMA

1.Abdioğlu M, Özkal C, Daloğlu A. Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students. GUJGEF. 2022;42:2393–2429.

MLA

Abdioğlu, Mevlüde, et al. “Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students”. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 42, no. 3, Dec. 2022, pp. 2393-29, doi:10.17152/gefad.976649.

Vancouver

1.Mevlüde Abdioğlu, Ceyhun Özkal, Ayşegül Daloğlu. Designing an EAP Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students. GUJGEF. 2022 Dec. 1;42(3):2393-429. doi:10.17152/gefad.976649

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