TECHNICAL ENGLISH PROGRAM – THE FIFTH YEAR OF DEVELOPMENT
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TECHNICAL ENGLISH PROGRAM – THE FIFTH YEAR OF
DEVELOPMENT
Alexander MikerovRussia Northwest IEEE Section Vice ChairProfessor of the Control Department, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University
Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
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FIRST PROPOSAL
April 2005 – IEEE R8 Meeting in Paris October 2005 – IEEE Section
Congress in Tampa, USA Incitement: Poor English in the
former Soviet Union
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ENGLISH LEARNING IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
• Non obligatory in a secondary school• Non obligatory in technical
universities• Not useful in engineering practice:
• International contacts not encouraged• All literature in Russian (translated
IEEE magazines)
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POOR ENGLISH – LOW IEEE MEMBERSHIP
• Russia• IEEE membership 710 (2005)• Population 145 mil• 1 IEEE Member for every 180,000 population
• Finland• IEEE membership 969 (2005)• Population 5.3 mil• 1 IEEE Member for every 5,500 population
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TEP AS A TOOL TO INCREASE IEEE MEMBERSHIP
CAUGHT:IEEE
MembershipTOOL: Technical English
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TEP – THE FIRST PLAN
• Free Electrical Engineering training in English for all by Russian IEEE volunteers (one semester)
• Tutorial (once per a semester) by a visiting lector from the DLP
• Final student presentation in English at a Conference
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TEP EXPENSES: Vilnius’s R8 meeting (April 2006)
• Pilot project: one group - $1,486• Region 8 project: 10 groups per year - $13,470• Main items:
• Additional expenses for a visiting DLP lecturer • English textbooks in electrical engineering
(Shaum’s outlines)• One $1000 student grant for visiting an IEEE
Conference• Assigned to Russia Northwest Section:
$2,000 per year
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PILOT TEP PROJECT(St. Petersburg – RUSSIA, Sept.-Dec. 2006)
• Entry contest: 30 LETI students for 10 positions
• 11 students passed 32 h course “Basic Electrical Engineering” of Professor Alexander Mikerov”
• Tutorial of Prof. Kurt Richter (Austria) “Development of Leadership Skills”
• Final student presentation in English at the Annual IEEE Students Conference
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FIRST RESULTS
• Best student Sergey Miropolski submitted the paper at the Eurocon2007 ($1000 Grant)
• One year student IEEE membership for 5 students
• IEEE R8 Certificates to all students
• Impact on students Membership:
2006 - 52 ; 2007 – 57?
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TEP: NEW INITIATIVESat R8 Meeting in Sofia (April 2007)
• IEEE Membership should be obligatory• Small Tuition fee (TEP trainers
remuneration)• Training period 3 semester (General English,
Basic EE, Advanced course)• Students involvement into an IEEE activity
(“Spectrum” as a textbook, guide service, IEEE conferences and seminars, etc.)
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MOSHE KAM’S TUTORIALS
Professor Moshe Kam - Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA) and 2005-2007 IEEE Vice-President for Educational Activity
November 24, 2007: St.Pb Electrotechnical Univ.
23 studentsMay 24, 2008: Renaissance Hotel34 students December 20, 2008: Radisson SAS Hotel23 students
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TECHNICAL ENGLISH PROGRAM IMPACT
November 24, 2007
May 24, 2008
Number of student attended tutorials
23 34
Number of presentations in English at a final TEP student conference
12 20
Number of TEP graduate certificates
12 20
Number of students trained in all TEP groups
29 62
Number of St. Petersburg active IEEE Student members
57 72
Number of students entered in the LUT
8 11
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MAIN ST.PETERSBURG TEP FEATURES - 1
1. Technical English Program training is providing only for IEEE members and including three one semester steps:- General English- Basic Electrical Engineering- Advanced Course
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MAIN ST.PETERSBURG TEP FEATURES – 2,3
2. General English lessons are conducted by professional English linguist teachers
3. Second and third step lessons are conducting by Electrical Engineering professors selected by the local IEEE Section amongst its members
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MAIN ST.PETERSBURG TEP FEATURES - 4
4. As a rule every TEP semester course includes three components:- 2-3 hours every week lessons in a technical field with English textbooks and local teachers - One day tutorial during 5-8 hours with invited foreign lecturer from a country with native English- Concluding student conference with every student presentation in a selected EE subject
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MAIN ST.PETERSBURG TEP FEATURES – 5,6
5. A special IEEE certificate identifies every TEP step graduation
6. Every year best TEP graduate is granted to visit any IEEE Region 8 Conference with a paper
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MAIN ST.PETERSBURG TEP FEATURES – 7,8
7. The IEEE and small student tuition fees cover all TEP expenses
8. Local TEP teachers obtain hourly pay
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CONCLUSION
1. Technical English is the prerequisite of any IEEE activity
2. 2005-09 St. Petersburg experience may be useful for a Technical English Program planning
3. Tutorials of visiting professors is the important component of a Technical English Program training
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ACKNOWLEGEMENT
We are grateful to Moshe Kam, Evangelia Micheli-Tsanakou,
Douglas Gorham, Charles Hickman and other IEEE
volunteers and officers for the permanent support of our
Technical English Program activity
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TECHNICAL ENGLISH PROGRAM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
Alexander Mikerove-mail: [email protected]