Vocational College and University Programs in Non-Native English Speaking Nations
The purpose of this study is to systematically design the English course in school-based curricula (SBC) in Technological and Vocational College/ University (TVCU) programs, to make the graduates communicate with the professionals in the native English speaking nations (NESN) smoothly. The first step of the systematic design of the English courses is to make the spectrum analysis of the English vocabulary for vocational use in the TVCU programs. Compute the adequate vocabulary for vocational use and put them to the contents of English textbooks will make the students learn English more practically. Vocational College and University Programs in Non-Native English Speaking Nations
All vocabulary in the TVCU programs through the spectrum analysis can be organized into the common English and 7 OGs. The textbooks of English courses can be based on this vocabulary through the spectrum analysis. The English courses are designed by the object-oriented principle. This method is helpful to the curriculum design of TVCU programs which will be put into practice in 2005 and gives the English curriculum overview for technology and vocational education systems. Due to the analysis and the curriculum design, the globalizing pace in Taiwan will be speeded up.
The first step of the systematic design for the English courses is to make the spectrum analysis of the English vocabulary in the TVCU programs. Vocabulary is the basic element of the English courses. Compute the adequate vocabulary for vocational use and put them to the contents of English textbooks will make the students learn English more practically.
English is the language of social empowerment: as knowledge of English is a passport to a better job and, conversely, the inability to speak and write in English is a disadvantage, millions of young people spend thousands of hours trying to come to grips with the English language. Some researchers warn, though, that the majority wastes their time learning English, because they will not have the chance to use it in their future careers .