Developing Undergraduate Quality: A Challenge for both English Lecturers and Subject Lecturers

 

 

Sri Endah Tabiati

 

 

A qualified graduate can be detected from three factors: the high score of GPA, the short length of study, and the short waiting period before getting the initial job and the high first salary. In the process of producing that qualified graduate, lecturers ( subject lecturers) play a very significant role. University lecturers are expected to have a sound background in English, which they will employ in the teaching of their subjects. They are expected to assign their students to read textbooks or journal articles, or a certain chapter about their subject written in English. English lecturers as ESP teachers should support this by orienting their teaching materials to scientific writing dealing with the subject of the students. This paper aims at sharing an experience in being involved in what the medical students of Brawijaya University have done in responding to the global communication era, by conducting a national posters and paper training. In the training both the subject lecturer (a doctor) and the English lecturer took turn in presenting papers : the subject lecturer focused her discussion on the content and flow of thought in scientific writing, while the English lecturer focused her discussion on the English used in international scientific writing. This program is expected to give significant contribution to the university in the effort of improving the academic atmosphere among the students 

 

 

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Tabiati, S. E. (2003, August). Developing undergraduate quality: A challenge for both English lecturers and subject lecturers. Paper presented at the NUESP [Network of University ELT Service Providers] National Conference, Jember, Indonesia.

 

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