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Assignment
topic: Teaching of English for Science
and technology in Indian conditions.
Name:
Ravi Rajyaguru
Roll no:.26
M.A. Semester: 3
Enrolment No.:
PG15101032
Year: 2015- 17
Paper no.:12
Submitted to:
Department of English
Maharaja
Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
This article has
concentrated on the significant downsides of showing EST in India, Needs of a learner,
Structure of Technical English and Teaching materials, Expertise and preparing
and so on… . R.S.Sharma has highlighted numerous downsides because of which
showing EST in India endures like... Courses and techniques are random to the
particular needs of the understudies. The instructors are badly prepared,
showing materials are not in view of an investigation of the logical sub enrol.
Teaching
of EST in Indian conditions by R.S Sharma
The term EST was given by
R.S.Sharma through his research work. English is global language and that is
why we will find English language all most in every field. There are many
languages, English is used prominently in the field of science and technology.
What
is science and technology?
Science is a methodical
endeavor that manufactures and sorts out learning as testable clarifications
and forecasts about the world. Innovation is the making, utilization and
learning of devices, procedures ,specialties, frameworks or techniques for
association so as to take care of an issue or fill some need.
What
is EST?
As learner and components of
specialized English taken harder will empower us to layout obviously the
materials and techniques use in science and specialized understudies. Instructing
of EST in India experiences some genuine disadvantages. The course and
techniques are disconnected to the particular scholarly and expert needs of the
science understudy. In 1977, it was understood that the issues of English for
exceptional objects were to a great extent unrecognized this nation. Wherever
important in IIT's, designing or farming understudies in part, procedures and
setting of real topic of which territory course and showing English techniques.
What
is need of EST?
The learner's profile would
recommend that the understudy, who has been admitted to the FY of B.Sc. then
again B.Tech course thought a confirmation content, has insight and achievement
over the normal. General English, informative ability in English, restorative work,
dialect recreations and mechanical learning have learn with comprehension.
Along these lines, here essential need is a capacity to assemble logical
information found in course readings and logical diaries and research of
English dialect. It is likewise to be noticed that English is a moment dialects
for the learner and native language is one of the local dialects which is the
medium of correspondence in about all circumstances aside from classroom and
research facility.
Perusing and understanding
of specialized writings written in English.
Writing of technical
English.
Since most of the teaching
material in the form of video & computer software is being produced in
English as standard spoken English can’t be totally neglected.
NEED
ANALYSIS:
Require examination is major
to an EAP way to deal with outline the course and instructing technique. In
this John Munby's model could serve as great guide, in his work
"Informative Syllabus outline he has given exceptionally accommodating and
far reaching need investigation technique to recognize the requirements of the
learner. In his article 'Distinguishing the way of the learner's need'
R.Mackay(Mackay, 1978) has talked about in detail the techniques for poll and
organized meeting for get-together fundamental data.
V. Chandra Sekhar Rao an
educator from understood college of Hyderabad has done research on
"English for Science and Technology: A Learner Centered Approach". He
has gathered information from his own particular work put he gathered information
for his exploration paper utilized utilizing both subjective and quantitative
methodologies and the examination discoveries are talked about with the
unmistakable information gathered from the Questionnaires, Interviews and
Classroom Observations. The survey information were accumulated from 180
members (120 B.Tech understudies, 30 instructors of EST and 20 educators of
specialized subjects) had a place with various Engineering Colleges partnered
to JNTU, Hyderabad. What's more, discoveries of his exploration are as beneath.
Needs Analysis Questionnaire
to Students uncovers that understudies of Engineering and innovation have
perceived English:
·
As
skill‐oriented
one and given importance to its basic language skills and sub‐skills
and their priority such as: 1.Listening 2.Speaking, 3.professional Speaking, 4.
Grammar, 5. Reading, and 6. Professional Writing.
·
The
teachers of English in Engineering Colleges need a special set of competencies
than those of the General English teachers.
·
The
EST Teachers to be facilitators, knowing the strategies of modern class room
teaching and providing a lot of activities in the classroom and making them
active participants.
·
Phonetics should be taught for correct
pronunciation, equipping with latest technology and multi -media software.
·
From the above analysis it is clear that the
students of the science and technology views English as a tools of
communication, of opportunity, they are more interested in subjective English
rather than general English. They need it to comprehend the course books which
are in English they need it to write answer in English, and some time what
happens that they give more importance to writing, and that results in
incompetency in oral communication, and thus unable to get employment, which is
in a way loss to our nation at large.
·
Another need analysis which is done by
R.S.Sharma a researcher from Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, he has done
need analysis of the students who have passed entrance test and admitted
to first year of B.SC or B.Tech. He had used entrance test itself as need
analysis, and below are some conclusion that can be skimmed.
·
Learner posses intelligence above average
· Learner has basic knowledge of general English
though there is need of some improvements
·
Learner wants to learn with understanding
·
His
chief concern for next three to four years will be academic
·
His
basic need is an ability to gather scientific knowledge found in text books and
science journal which were written in English.
·
Other
need is to be able to communicate in classroom, laboratory, college and in
university he/she needs English language t communicate.
The
above analysis clearly points out that students of science and technology when
they enter in the college they need two competency. They are,
·
Reading and comprehension of technical texts
written
in English
·
Writing of technical English in exam and in
report writing, where speaking is not that much important.
In this paper, R. S. Sharma
has focused upon the “needs of students”. English language for science and
technology requires advanced vocabulary and good materials. Most of the Indians
have not good command over English language because it is second language for
them and when it becomes necessary to learn English, it requires good materials
and proper methodology.
Science
and Technology has an alternate dialect than we have in our everyday
correspondence, there is an immense contrast between specialized English
dialect and typical English. There are numerous confinements of English dialect
in India, first we have L1 and L2 clashes, second is not utilizing legitimate
English dialect or we can state Indian variant of English, English has
constantly regarded as a dialect of "need" as opposed to learning.
There are numerous
impediments of English in scholastics additionally, similar to, educators are
not utilizing English legitimately or they have insufficient learning of
English and that is the reason that understudies are not ready to convey
appropriately.
Fundamentally specialized
English is situational assortment utilized for correspondence "in
methodical way of specific branch of information relating nature and conditions
in life. It is formal and goal in style. The specialized composition is hence
identified with the law or logic as to Electronics or biology(R.S.SHARMA,
1985). We are here worried with sub registers which is utilized for standard
correspondence as a part of science and innovation. What's more, this can be aended
at the level of
Register:‐ lexical and grammatical
structural features.
Discourse:‐ the effect of communicative
context, the relation between text and its writer/readers
Genre:‐ how language is used in
particular setting,
such as texts, journal and lectures in classroom.
Let’s see some parts of
technical English, and Teaching Materials
Vocabulary:‐ The most recognize
trademark highlight of Technical English(TE), is Technical vocabulary, Words
from Science and Technology for example Thermodynamics, transmitter, hydrogen,
electron, and different instruments and process, gasses, devices and fixings
and so on.
There are some recognizable
words which, as Herbert has called attention to, make much trouble since they
are utilized as a part of both specialized and additionally non specialized
implications, for example, words are, plant, bolster, stack, work and so forth
these words we likewise use in everyday life, except when they are utilized as
a part of specialized setting its significance will be changed. What's more,
once in a while that make trouble in learner and instructors mind. Another
element of the vocabulary said by him is the utilization of verbs, modifiers
and qualifiers which are not particularly logical, but rather which has a place
with diction of science: words like Extruder, Propagate, Obviate, and
immaterial.
Conclusion:
To strike these downsides, as a matter of first
importance learners need ought to be recognized and the showing material,
syllabus and showing style ought to be composed in like manner. An appropriate
structure of Technical English and Teaching materials ought to be set. As
indicated by R.S.Sharma, " The educator of EST who can arrange his work
legitimately and insightfully, make the right sort of comments and solicit the
right kind from inquiries will get a decent arrangement of science in course of
instructing."
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