Scholarly record
TEACHING WRITING SKILLS IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO FUTURE PETROLEUM ENGINEERS SPECIALISING IN OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION
Abstract
The aim of the article is to teach future petroleum engineers how to write a report as part of their English language course. The topic of a report will be assessing the immediate response of the relevant parties to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. The methods will involve the analysis of the undergraduate curriculum for petroleum engineers, the study of literature on methods for writing professional documents; and the experimental teaching of writing a report in English. The findings are as follows: writing a report will be more effective if students do background research on the issue of a report; if students write on a subject related to their future specialization; if students utilize the above-mentioned techniques at the same time in order to improve their writing skills in English. The research helped to increase the motivation of students to improve their writing skills, thus mastering their foreign language competence. Secondly, the research managed to show how a pressing issue presented as a thought stimulus can develop future petroleum engineersпїЅ professional competence. Students have become more environmentally aware of the issues related to their specialization. The research also emphasized the effectiveness of teaching skills such as report writing in a foreign language.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References15
Order about the acceptance of the Federal educational standard of higher education for the specialty 21.03.01 Oil and Gas Engineering (bachelor level) (Prikaz ot 12 marta 2015, N 226 ob utverzhdenii Federal’nogo gosudarstvennogo obrazovatel’nogo standarta vysshego obrazovaniia po napravleniiu podgotovki 21.03.01 neftegazovoe delo (uriven bakalavriata). Russia, 2015.
Floris F.D. Learning subject matter through English as the medium of instruction: students’ and teachers’ perspectives. Asian Englishes, Japan, Vol.16/issue 1, pp 47-59, 2014.
Kuiper S. Contemporary Business report writing. USA, 2009.
Paltridge B., Starfield S. (ed.). The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes. UK, pp 347-366, 2013.
Frendo E. How to teach business English. England, 2005.
Kuiper S., Clippinger D. Contemporary Business Reports. USA, 2012.
Appleby R., Grant. H. Business Result, Advanced. Teacher’s book. UK, 2009.
Business English Certificates. Handbook for teachers. UK, 2012.
Bailey S. Academic Writing for International Students of Business. USA, 2015.
Bartels K., Parker K. (eds) Teaching Sustainability. USA, 2012, pp 115-127.
Collins English Online Dictionary. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/background-reading
Bowden P. Teaching Ethics to Engineers – a research-based perspective. European Journal of Engineering Education, UK, vol. 35/issue 5, pp 563-572, 2010.
Sivapalan S., Clifford M., Speight S. Engineering education for sustainable development: using online learning to support the new paradigms. Australian Journal of Engineering Education, Online publication, pp 1-13, 2017.
Ernst & Young. The top 10 risks for business. UK, 2010.
Davies M. Study skills for International Postgraduates. Australia, 2011.
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
