PROFILING TECHNICAL ENGLISH IN ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Written by a highly respected ESP author, Terry Phillips, the Technical English textbook is bursting with ESP properties which have been extraordinarily designed to capture students who pertain to different engineering profiles. Not surprisingly then, Technical English reaches towards a wide audience of future civil, mechanical and electrical engineers whose practical aspirations are driven not only by gaining an insight into how professional engineers actually utilise technical language to promote their own field, but also in how technical English language may, in turn, shape engineering environment requiring all types of written and spoken communications. However, since some units (e.g. Unit 18 and Unit 19) contain biology-based and chemistry-oriented knowledge, this textbook might be of use also to these professionals as well.