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The Integrated ESP Curriculum Construction: A Case Study in the Chinese Tertiary Context
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Huang. The integrated ESP curriculum construction: A case study in the Chinese tertiary context. Eur J Eng Lang Ed. 2022;2(2):61-75. doi: 10.12973/ejels.2.2.61
Huang, P. (2022). The integrated ESP curriculum construction: A case study in the Chinese tertiary context. European Journal of English Language Studies, 2(2), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejels.2.2.61
Huang Ping. "The Integrated ESP Curriculum Construction: A Case Study in the Chinese Tertiary Context," European Journal of English Language Studies 2, no. 2 (2022): 61-75. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejels.2.2.61
Huang, 2022, 'The integrated ESP curriculum construction: A case study in the Chinese tertiary context', European Journal of English Language Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 61-75. Huang, Ping. "The Integrated ESP Curriculum Construction: A Case Study in the Chinese Tertiary Context." European Journal of English Language Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 2022, pp. 61-75, https://doi.org/10.12973/ejels.2.2.61.
Abstract
The course design has been paid attention to by both teachers and administrators. However, for a long time, some problems, such as the fragmented course design, and the repeated teaching contents, have existed in the college English curriculum for non- English majors from undergraduates, graduates and Ph. D students in the mainland China. Based on the ESP “learning-centred” approach, this study intends to construct an integrated curriculum system to help solve these problems through three main features of the integrated curriculum system: systematicness, hierarchy and openness. To investigate the feasibility of the course system, the combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods were used through questionnaire, text analysis and interview. The results show that, 1. This curriculum system can avoid the repetition of the course content. The fragmented curriculum design and the needs from the nation, society and students can be met through the systematicness, hierarchy and openness. 2. This system can facilitate teachers’ teaching reform and research interest because they have more choices to adapt the materials from students’ disciplines besides textbooks. This curriculum system is hoped to provide a possible way to meet the nation, society and students’ needs in the Chinese tertiary context.
Keywords: Case study, Chinese tertiary context, ESP curriculum, needs analysis, integrated curriculum system.
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