Spanish for the sciences: A communication-based approach

• Autores: Oscar A. Pérez
• Localización: Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE ), ISSN-e 2340-2784, ISSN 1139-7241, Nº. 36, 2018, págs. 195-216
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Español para las ciencias: un enfoque basado en la comunic ación
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  • español

    Este artículo describe el diseño y la implementación de un curso avanzado de español para las ciencias a nivel universitario en los Estados Unidos. El curso se centra en la divulgación y la difusión científicas, en contraposición con el enfoque predominante de concentrarse en áreas de contenido científico. La idea principal fue seguir un modelo de lenguas a través del currículo (LAC por sus siglas en inglés) que traslada la responsabilidad de proveer el contenido científico del curso del instructor a los estudiantes, permitiéndoles a estos últimos: 1) desarrollar habilidades y materiales de comunicación técnica y científica, 2) explorar las nociones interrelacionadas de ciencia y cultura en sociedades de habla hispana, 3) establecer conexiones entre su conocimiento de la lengua española y las ciencias, 4) comparar lo que el término “ciencia” significa para ellos con las formas en que este concepto es percibido en el mundo hispano y 5) participar en comunidades científicas hispanoparlantes.

  • English

    This paper describes the design and implementation of an advanced Spanish for the sciences course at the college level in the United States. The course is centered on public dissemination and scholarly communication, as opposed to the predominant approach of focusing on scientific content areas. The main idea was to follow a Languages Across the Curriculum (LAC) model that shifts the responsibility of providing the scientific content of the course from the instructor to the students, allowing them to: 1) develop technical and scientific communication skills and materials, 2) explore the interrelated notions of science and culture in Spanish-speaking societies, 3) draw connections between their knowledge of both Spanish language and the sciences, 4) compare what “science” means to them to the ways this concept is perceived around the Spanish-speaking world, and 5) participate in Spanish-speaking scientific communities

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