Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol 2, No 8 (2012), 1635-1640, Aug 2012
doi:10.4304/tpls.2.8.1635-1640

Methods of Teaching EST from the Stylistic Perspective and the Content of EST Reading

Junfeng Huang, Jing Chen

Abstract


To meet the requirements of the present job-hunting market, Huaqiao Foreign Languages Institute has set up English for Science and Technology (EST) courses for the senior students majored in English, which consist of Reading of EST and EST Translation. This article, mainly dealing with EST reading, discusses some tentative teaching methods from the perspective of stylistic features and EST reading content in order to cultivate the students with problem-solving capabilities.


Keywords


EST reading; stylistic features; content-based instruction(CBI)

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