RE-VISITING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ENGLISH IN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDIES

Abstract

The skills-based ESP textbook, entitled English for Mechanical Engineering, explores various input materials (i.e. listening and reading) and output materials (i.e. writing and speaking) pertaining to a wider field of English for Mechanical Engineering. The course material is intended for students of mechanical engineering who take their higher education courses entirely or partly in English.

English for Mechanical Engineering covers all aspects of engineering communication types, from writing technical reports and e-mails, understanding and efficient note-taking to effective participation skills and understanding a wide range of mechanical engineering spoken and written discourses in English. Furthermore, this textbook also focuses on academic communication skills and provides a progressive syllabus, which includes key vocabulary, or more specifically, diverse words and phrases used both in academic and mechanical engineering English. Packed with tips and advice provided by the authors, English for Mechanical Engineering systematically develops the essential engineering language, used in technical reports and product presentations, that students, as future engineers, would be expected to utilise as an integral part of their effective professional English language performance.