Criticality and Flexibility: The Sociocultural Needs of Korean Engineering Students in the Global Community

Autor/in	Shin, Inyoung
Titel	Criticality and Flexibility: The Sociocultural Needs of Korean Engineering Students in the Global Community
Quelle	In: Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 19 (2015) 1, S.23-41 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1345-8353
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Engineering Education; Student Needs; English (Second Language); Semi Structured Interviews; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; English for Academic Purposes; Sociocultural Patterns; Student Behavior; Teacher Student Relationship; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Study Habits; Persuasive Discourse; Creativity; Problems; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ingenieurausbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Student behaviour; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Kreativität; Problemsituation; Korea; Republik
Abstract	This study aimed to analyze the perceived needs of L2 postgraduate engineering students in relation to sociocultural behaviours in an EFL context. Semi-structured interviews were administered in order to examine the perceptions of Korean postgraduate engineering students themselves and subject lecturers in Korea. The research indicated that participants tended to be concerned about their own academic culture in the following four aspects: (1) reluctance to present ideas and arguments; (2) hierarchical relationships between lecturers and students; (3) different study and research approaches; and (4) failure to recognize cultural problems. Considering the sociocultural demands in a global academic community leads to the conclusion that Korean students should be expected to have critical awareness and flexibility in their academic lives. Implications of the findings for effective English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programmes for Korean engineering students are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Department of English, Namseoul University, 21 Maeju-ri, Seonghwan-eup, Cheonan-city, Choongnam, Korea 330-707. Tel: +82-2-3290-1995; e-mail: paalkorea@yahoo.co.kr; Web site: http://paal.kr/journals/journals.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01