Integration of the Framework for STEM Language Literacy Development of Engineering Students | Chapter 7 | Language, Literature and Education: Research Updates Vol. 7

This chapter discusses the implementation of a framework for developing STEM language literacy of engineering students in the context of STEM education. This framework was developed as part of the research project funded by the Science Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the topic “Enhancing Scientific and Professional Language Learning for Engineering Students in Kazakhstan through Digital Technologies” (Grant No. AP19678460). The article assesses students’ needs in the field of scientific communication and identifies key characteristics of scientific and technical discourse, including academic writing skills, use of STEM terminology, data visualisation, and analysis of scientific information. Based on a multifactorial SWOT analysis of the current state of scientific and language training at Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, the framework of scientific and language training has been developed, consisting of conceptual, content, technological, and evaluative-resultant blocks. The implementation of the framework involves the integration of linguodidactic approaches, digital technologies, and design thinking methods. It also describes measures to integrate the framework into the educational process, develop specialised courses, and create the digital program “STEM language literacy through design thinking” aimed at developing students' language literacy by means of digital technologies, including AI-powered learning. The proposed algorithm for implementing the framework includes diagnosis of the students’ level of scientific English language, creating a digital program, training teachers, and organising a pilot implementation. The results of the work emphasise the importance of comprehensive training of students in the field of scientific communication for the formation of competitive specialists in the context of digitalisation.

 

 

Author(s) Details

Damira Jantassova

 

Foreign Languages Department, Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

 

Zhanat Azimbayeva

 

Russian Language and Culture Department, Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

 

Saltanat Aitbayeva

 

Foreign Languages Department, Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

 

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