System of didactic activities for teaching technical vocabulary in english lessons for computer science engineering major.

Abstract

The use of English language as a global means of communication brings a challenge to English classrooms. With the spread of the student-centered approach and the continued increasing use of the Common European Frame to develop communicative competence in students, which includes professional communication, language teachers are often faced with the task of making their lessons more meaningful and practical. The following research is intended for teachers and teachers-in-training who want to provide opportunities for their students to engage in real-life communication in the target language, with the intention of training technical vocabulary. The research brings about a scientific problem on teaching technical vocabulary in English lessons for students of Level A2 at the Majoring in Computer Science Engineering at the University of Matanzas. Designed to meet the students need, the objective is to elaborate a system of didactic activities to teach technical vocabulary in English lessons for the mentioned majoring. The systematization of the theory, supported by the application of the dialectic-materialistic method, as well as theoretical and empirical ones, gave the author the possibility to elaborate a system to be applied in the subject English Language at Level A2. The system is structured in objective, indicators to be considered for the evaluation, bibliography, and methodology, and helps students to boost technical vocabulary related to their Majoring; and takes shape in the activities of the specialization it serves. The practical significance entails the structuring of a system of didactic activities to develop technical vocabulary as a support to Face2Face activities.