Introducing English for Science and Technology

Introducing English for Science and Technology provides a comprehensive introduction on how to teach English for Science and Technology. The book focuses on the teaching of both written genres and oral presentations commonly used in science and engineering.

Using real examples of science and technology texts, as well as practical tasks to guide readers to reflect on their own teaching and experience, this book covers key elements of English for Science and Technology, including:

- Undergraduate written genres such as laboratory reports, design specifications, and case studies, as well as undergraduate spoken genres such as design presentations

- Postgraduate written genres such as theses, and research articles, and also spoken genres such as conference presentations and three-minute thesis presentations

- Register features of science, such as tense, voice, and appropriate use of personal pronouns and how to teach them

- Visual meaning in science and technology

- Needs analysis in English for Science and Technology

- Teaching approaches suitable for English for Science and Technology, and materials development and assessment in English for Science and Technology

Drawing on up-to-date research and teaching methods, the book is key reading for practising and pre-service teachers of both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of science and technology, teachers in an English Medium Instruction (EMI) context, as well as content specialists interested improving their students’ writing.

Jean Parkinson is Associate Professor in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.