Abstract

MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, Alina; JANE HERNANDEZ, Ana del Carmen  and  CASTILLO MORALES, Fidelina. Scientific thinking model through English. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.5, pp.75-80.  Epub Dec 02, 2019. ISSN 2218-3620.

Besides providing theoretical and methodological background and tools for giving solution to professional problems, modelling scientific thinking and questioning should be one of the goals of any subject included in any university degree program. This does not exclude English, usually seen in EFL contexts mainly as a tool for communication and career development. This view has led to a contradiction among the priority conceded by the CES foreign language policy to English competence development, documented in the laws and regulations issued by this organism and the implementation of this legislation in the different universities. English, as any other language, is closely connected to thinking processes to conceptualize the world, thus it plays a great part in creating scientific language awareness and developing science literacy, which provides the basis for gaining knowledge of science content, understanding the world, society, and obviously, profession. This article presents the experience of using English for shaping students’ professional competences through modelling scientific thinking and questioning in the frame of interactive collaborative work with other subjects. To explore the state of art of this research, the qualitative methodology has been used, which has led to establish philosophical, linguistic and didactic foundations for this proposal.

Keywords : Professional projects; project based teaching; language; thought; science.

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