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Prach #2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level. HW6 - Progress update: **HIGH tendency to change the topic…. Variations. Prach #2 - ENGINEERING
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Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level • HW6 - Progress update: • **HIGH tendency to change the topic…
Variations Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level • The Learning environment for stanford students in science-related- & - • the situation of liberal arts education • --- PLAN B --- • Engineering students and their awareness of global affairs (esp. in business term)
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level Xpectation… From the outcome of the project… 1. Improve and (RE)ORIENT THE SELF-INVESTMENT PATH. 2. MAKE CHANGESto the societyat least in students level
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level MY EXPECTATIONS >>> Motives WORTH OF ENGINEERING POTENTIAL. ABOUT ME! Need a proof EVALUATE MYSELF WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARK. (RE)ORIENT THE SELF-INVESTMENT PATH. MAKE CHANGES Social value: at least in students level Education system Public awareness: government, privates, institutes.
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level During the stay, find out that… • By [word of mouth]… • HOST: • LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS • PASS SOME CERTAIN LEVELS OF LAnGUAGE • PROFICIENCY. • Less value the american put on the proficiency in foreign languages (even spanish) • Sarah: • Structured liberal education (SLE) • STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION -&- The overall situation of liberal arts education (WHICH IS BAD)
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level During the stay, find out that… • By [word of mouth]… • N’james: • A course about liberal arts education! • A debate over the issue even in the university level, not mentioning the national level. • (which means that this problem - my problem - is still far from settlement.) • Julia (HUME’s instructor) • Particular negative perception on liberal studies of stanford students
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level During the stay, find out that… • By [GENERAL PERCEPTION OF MINE]… • Time is limited! • Only 2 weeks left. • [personally] Especially when there are so much things to do apart from just ‘the project’. • Hard to reach the ‘rational’ conclusion. • Cannot assess benefits of language skills. • …no use to survey and get the data which is not representing the reality…
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level During the stay, find out that… • Assumption: • … stanford students BETTER in term of perception • … sTimulating environment is effective at stanford • !!!FAIL!!!
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level Final ‘appearance’ • Proportion analysis pie chart • Statistic graphs + analysis on • Tributing factors • Time range and policy sets • Organisation flows/ action plan of involved parties + analysis on • Purposes and achieved purposes • Weakness and strength • Comments and prospective improvement • Other statistics data… (if available)
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level Final ‘appearance’ • “…Opinion gathering (?)…”
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level FURTHER sources of info. • fRIENDS OF HOST: • HIS MENTOR: ONE GRAUDATE FROM ENGINEERING WITH MINOR IN CHINESE • ETC. • ‘ sle PEOPLE’ • STUDENTS FROM sle PROGRAM: KYLIE (A FRIEND OF SARAH), P’MIKE (;P) • PROFESSORS IN SLE PROGRAM • The overall situation of liberal arts education • ‘liberal art education’ • Professors:N’James, pls • Papers…
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level ...HELP:*( • Selection of sampling data (which is to be processed and analysed.) • Access to ‘language/activity freak’ groups • Group of people who are willing to be interviewed or share their opinions about the topic. • Mr. know-it-all! • (Insight)details about clubs and social events. • Anyone who can be there when I’m speaking nonsense broken english! (not serious )
Prach#2 - ENGINEERING effects of LANGUAGE skill on engineering students and its involvement in college level ...HELP:*( • Suggested persons to talk to • Various groups of science-related students (Age, gender, cultural background) • materials: Book, materials • professors