Testing Students' Ability to Read Scientific English

Authors

Mayuree Durongbhan

Publication Date

1981-01-01

Abstract

In 1967, Selinker and his colleagues at the University of Washington undertook a project in conjunction with the Department of Engineering to teach scientific English to foreign students. Within a short time, the linguists found that their approach to teaching of scientific English via vocabulary study and syntax was not working. While the students understood all the words in each sentence and all of the sentences that make up the discourse, they seemed unable to comprehend the total meaning of the passage. As the researchers later described the problem, the students were "fossilizing" their approach toward scientific reading by realizing only the explicit aspects of a passage rather than comprehending an implicit level that operates in complex scientific writing.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.11.2.4

First Page

45

Last Page

60

Recommended Citation

Durongbhan, Mayuree (1981) "Testing Students' Ability to Read Scientific English," PASAA: Vol. 11: Iss. 2, Article 4.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.11.2.4
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol11/iss2/4