Construction
and application of the training and teaching mode of medical bilingual document
design from the perspective of ESP
Ruan Junbin (阮俊斌) Shanghai University of Medicine & Health
Sciences
About 90
students who participated in the medical document design project were grouped
by major to conduct experiments, and a case was introduced to show the
students’ training results. The students’ mastery of term management ability,
layout design knowledge, relevant medical knowledge, and the enterprise’s
recognition of document projects were evaluated. From the perspective of
teaching experiment results, students’ evaluation indexes improved on the
original foundation. For one thing, the training platform combines the needs of
training medical students with the principles of accurate translation,
information application, and appellative function. For another, digital
terminology management methods are advantageous for cultivating students’ text
re-creation ability. Not only do these factors stimulate students’ desire for
professional knowledge, but they also improve their awareness of their own
medical majors.
Ruan Junbin works at Shanghai University of Medicine
& Health Sciences. He is head of the ESP Collaborative Group, and vice
secretary of the Shanghai Science & Technology Translation Society. He has
won the title of Excellent Teacher of the Ministry of Foreign Language Teaching
on many occasions and won the Shanghai Yucai Award in 2019.
A
development of MALL materials to support English oral communicative learning of
Thai airport immigration police officers
Zhang Yujiao (张玉娇), Changsha WES Academy, Hunan
Mobile-assisted
language learning (MALL) creates more opportunities for learners to access
learning resources more quickly and directly without time and location
limitations. This study aimed at developing MALL materials to support the
English oral learning of Thai airport immigration officers based on needs
analysis and exploring the quality of MALL materials to support English verbal
communicative learning.
The
instruments of this study were the semi-structured interviews with the officers
in order to analyze their needs, the IOC (Item-Objective Congruence) form for
experts to validate the materials developed, and a questionnaire to assess the
officers’ opinions after using the materials. The ADDIE model was applied to
guide the overall process of developing the materials. The findings indicated
that the self-instructional MALL materials laded around WeChat were in
accordance with the airport immigration officers’ needs. Moreover, the
evaluation based on the officers’ opinions revealed that the MALL materials
contained high-quality content, rational organization, pleasant presentation,
and convenient platform functions.
The use of
reporting verbs within EAP research article introductions
Jiang Jiani (蒋佳妮), Communication University of China,
Beijing
In research
articles, a large body of research surrounds citation practices. One device
frequently employed in citation practices is reporting verbs (RVs). Reporting
verb refers to a verb that signals the attribution of information to an
external source. Novice writers have been found to experience difficulties in
using RVs appropriately. Therefore, to familiarize novice writers with how to
use RVs in academic writing is of great significance. This study examines the
use of RVs in EAP research articles (specifically the introduction chapters) to
demystify the characteristics of RV usage in academic discourse, in the hope
that it would offer writers some practical guidance concerning the choice of
RVs in academic writing.
The development of a U-Learning model
of academic English for Chinese SEMs
Liu Qin (刘芹), University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology
Bi Zhiwei (毕志伟), University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology
Zhang Le (张乐), University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology
Chen Zheng (陈征), University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology
Ubiquitous learning (shortened as U-learning) regards learners
as the center of the teaching-learning process. Though U-learning models have
been set up at home and abroad, their ability to meet the requirements of
teachers and learners and their effectiveness during implementation are yet to
be fully explored. This current research project focuses on Chinese university
students of science and engineering majors (SEMs). It first conducted
questionnaire surveys among 6825 students and 719 teachers in 30 sci-tech
universities across China and gathered their opinions on academic English and
the U-learning model of EAP learning and teaching. This data was analyzed
through descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U analysis, and the results
showed that teachers and students shared opinions on most items, with only
slight differences in certain aspects. This initial investigation helped the
design and implementation of the U-learning model in the present study.
Liu
Qin Ph.D. is a professor,
dean, and master's supervisor at the College of Foreign Languages attached to
the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Her main research areas
are language assessment, corpus linguistics, and TESOL. She recently completed
a series of research by integrating the above areas to enhance students'
learning autonomy.
Bi
Zhiwei Ph.D. is an associate
professor and master's supervisor at the College of Foreign Languages attached
to the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. His research
interests focus on grammar and pragmatics assessment, self-regulated learning,
and L2 learners' strategic processing in language use and test-taking.
Zhang
Le Ph.D. is an associate
professor and master's supervisor at the College of Foreign Languages attached
to the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. His primary research
fields are corpus linguistics, phraseology, academic discourse, and foreign
language teaching.
Chen
Zheng Ph.D. is an associate
professor and master's supervisor at the College of Foreign Languages attached
to the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Chen specializes in
pragmatics, discourse study, and English education; currently, she researches
academic English teaching and learning.
