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Bilingual multimedia resources to improve learning in Engineering subjects

Date of Publication

2017-2018 academic year

Target Group

Students

Domain Area

Engineering

Learning Scenario

Autonomous learning
Classroom Context

Target Language

Spanish

Language of Instruction

Any language

CEFR level

C1

Type of Material

Video

Linguistic Features

Vocabulary

Skills

Listening
Reading

Description

This teaching resource suits the needs of advanced students who study Spanish for Engineering. They need to develop their listening skills at the same time they need to expand technical related vocabulary. This resource assists both lecturers, as they can use this with their students in the classroom, or students who, rather autonomously, can also explore it. This is a quite interesting website as the main language of the source is Spanish, but the main description of each video can be read in English.
Though this teaching resources does not explicitly cover all five skills defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR, 2018) – i.e., reading, speaking, listening, writing and mediation –, it displays a huge potential for an integrated approach to all of them, so as to facilitate a harmonious development of students’ language competences.

Case study

What follows is a series of methodological guidelines as to how this resource could be used in a real classroom setting, ranging from face-to-face tuition through blended learning to virtual scenarios. This teaching resource would be implemented as part of a much more comprehensive teaching unit. The target group should be no larger than forty-five Higher Education students attending a specialisation course aimed at improving not only their Language for Specific Purposes skills – though this is the main target group –, but also at enhancing their general language competences on the subject of this teaching resource. The advised approach to implement this teaching resource is largely communicative and the most appropriate methodology is eclectic, active and learner-centred, including cooperative learning, project-based learning and flipped classroom.

Guidelines

Step 1: While-listening activity. Students listen to the videos and take notes.
Step 2: Post-listening activity. Students summarize the content of the video.
Step 3: Follow-up. Students watch the video to remember essential concepts.

Review

Category
Rate
Comprehensive approach
Capacity to match the needs of lecturers and students

5

Added value
The provided tangible improvements

5

Motivation enhancement
The capacity to motivate students to improve their language skills

4

Innovation
Effectiveness in introducing innovative, creative and previously unknown approaches to LSP learning

3

Transferability
Measurement of the transferable potential and possibility to be a source of further capitalisation/application for other language projects in different countries

4

Skills assessment and validation
Availability of appropriate tools for lecturers to monitor students’ progress and for students to assess own progress and to reflect on learning

3

Adaptability
Flexibility of the contents and possibilities for the LSP lecturers to adapt the contents to their and to students’ need

4

Usability
Assess the technical usability from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Accessibility
Assess the accessibility from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Comments:
This website is very useful for self-learning Engineering in Spanish, as it has been developed by University lecturers through an Innovation Project funded by the University of Córdoba. Self-assessment is not available for students. The adaptability of this teaching resource is very high due to the wide range of pedagogical possibilities that it offers. In addition, its technical usability and accessibility for both lecturers and students can be said to be flexible enough for different learning scenarios. As a result, the motivation enhancement and the comprehensive approach of this teaching resource is assessed by these evaluators as highly suitable for the target groups in the context of Language for Specific Purposes.
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