1	Selecting and Evaluating Online Resources for Scientific English Deborah Healey, Ph.D. English Language Institute, Oregon State University deborah.healey@oregonstate.edu http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/top/esp.html
2	Introductions What level are your students? What area of scientific English?
3	How is English for Science the same as other ESPs? Needs analysis as the basis Discipline-specific content Sub-technical vocabulary Writing for the genre Active learning helps Use of multiple media
4	What makes English for Science different? Methodology and activities of the underlying discipline as well as content May want to have students do searches Use scientific methods to come up with keywords and evaluate their finds teoma.com; scholar.google.com
5	Evaluation guide: does the material include... Technical vocabulary and concepts Sub-technical vocabulary Appropriate writing genre Focus on describing, interpreting and explaining the various steps in the scientific process Focus on syntactic elements typical of scientific writing: modals, passive voice; nominalization Active learning Multiple modes of learning How much extra time to fill in what's missing?
6	Resources Deborah’s ESP page has these links and the evaluation guide http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/top/esp.html
7	Technical writing sites EFL for Engineering Without Fear: bibliography, links, tips for teaching English for Engineering Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students from Virginia Tech: step-by-step guides, sample formats, and exercises (usage and ambiguity examples) Online Technical Writing textbook: examples of resumes, reports (fire ant report) Technical Writing Exchange: students working with other students around the world
8	Exercise on Language in Scientific Writing- ambiguity With the lid off the reactor core was exposed, allowing radioactive isotopes to escape. We propose to provide the above engineering services hourly based on the following estimates. Compared with the pollution of the average coal-fired plant, the thermal pollution of a nuclear power plant is less than 2 percent more. Reductions up to 80% in heat and mass transfer coefficients were measured due to outgassing. As airplane designs change the anti-ice systems also have to change. Most people are diagnosed with phenylketonuria at birth.
9	Scientific dictionaries: yourdictionary.com/specialty.html
10	Science projects Experimental Science Projects: An Introductory Level Guide How to do a science project The scientific method Links to the Intermediate Level Guide Clearly written; easy to read Energy Quest Science Projects (home page) Project instructions (anemometer example) Links to other project sites Designed for young people, but useful for anyone
11	Simulations (physics) Fowler's Physics Applets (with explanations and lecture notes – sample Galileo & Einstein overview, Excel activities) General Physics Java Applets The Applet Collection (physics)
12	Newton’s Cannon simulation http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/ newt/newtmtn.html
13	Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division Readings in six core areas Earth Sciences Ecological Management Environmental Data Science & Systems Microbial Systems Biology Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Terrestrial Ecology Text, images and often video or animation (perchlorate example)
14	And many more... E.L. Easton’s science links Listing of electronic text archives The Why Files Tenlinks.com engineering links Everything requires some work to be useful – it’s a question of how much
15	Q&A