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The overall aim of
ETeMS is as follows:
To enhance the English
language skills of Mathematics and Science teachers to enable them
to teach effectively using English as the medium of instruction |
The programme of training is 240 hours
and covers three broad areas of language in Maths and Science:
A. Language for Accessing Information
B. Language for Teaching Mathematics and Science
C. Language for Professional Exchange |
| The writing of such a
course is timely in a climate where English medium
education is enjoying a growing popularity around the world. Malaysia
is well-known in content and language integration circles for the ambitious
projects undertaken to set up national programmes for the teaching of Maths
and Science in English, for the very rich resources and hardware available
to teachers as well as the training programmes created to prepare teachers
for integrating their content with language. |
What is of particular interest with this course, however, is how the grammar
of English has been linked directly with areas of content of Maths and
Science. The course lays out topic areas
within Maths and Science and then goes on to describe language structure
giving example sentences from these subject areas. The examples are
set upon exercises for teachers to do practicing the structures. |