Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign Language
The article aims to summarise the English teaching experience of the lecturers of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design in inorganic and analytical chemistry during 2019-2023 for Chinese first-year undergraduate students of the Kyiv College of the Qilu University of Technology (Chin...
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The article aims to summarise the English teaching experience of the lecturers of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design in inorganic and analytical chemistry during 2019-2023 for Chinese first-year undergraduate students of the Kyiv College of the Qilu University of Technology (China). About 800 students of different years enrolled in two specialities - biotechnology and chemical technology and engineering - took part in the experiment. Changes in learning were analysed in the context of gradual changes in English language proficiency over the years of intake and changes in the learning environment associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The preferred learning styles of student groups using the Felder-Soloman method were studied as a function of the years of intake and compared to the profiles of Ukrainian students of similar specialities. Ukrainian students are always characterised by the dominance of one learning profile (90% of respondents), while several profiles are characteristic of Chinese students. At the beginning of the experiment, the programs and teaching methods for 2019/20 were based on multimedia lecture courses at Kyiv University, i.e. they were developed for teaching mono-profile groups. Given several educational preferences among Chinese students, the learning environment affected by COVID-19, and the increased cognitive load when using a foreign language, the original teaching materials became nonoptimal and needed changes. The work results showed that a prospective way for such changes is considering the recommendations of the cognitive load theory and providing better conditions for forming conceptual structures of chemical knowledge. Over the years of intake, with unchanged educational programs, presentation materials have been modernised following the identified problems and preferred students' learning profiles.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e62dfbd19010479caec356077bc865e02025-08-20T03:52:43ZengUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulOrbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry1984-64282025-05-0117110.17807/orbital.v17i1.22424Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign LanguageIvan Gryshchenko0Liqiang Jin1Yulia Biriukova2Tetiana Derkach3Kyiv National University of Technologies and DesignFaculty of Light Industry, State Key Laboratory of Biobased material and Gerren PapermakingInternational Institute for Academic Mobility and Cooperation, Kyiv National University of Technologies and DesignKyiv National University of Technologies and Design The article aims to summarise the English teaching experience of the lecturers of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design in inorganic and analytical chemistry during 2019-2023 for Chinese first-year undergraduate students of the Kyiv College of the Qilu University of Technology (China). About 800 students of different years enrolled in two specialities - biotechnology and chemical technology and engineering - took part in the experiment. Changes in learning were analysed in the context of gradual changes in English language proficiency over the years of intake and changes in the learning environment associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The preferred learning styles of student groups using the Felder-Soloman method were studied as a function of the years of intake and compared to the profiles of Ukrainian students of similar specialities. Ukrainian students are always characterised by the dominance of one learning profile (90% of respondents), while several profiles are characteristic of Chinese students. At the beginning of the experiment, the programs and teaching methods for 2019/20 were based on multimedia lecture courses at Kyiv University, i.e. they were developed for teaching mono-profile groups. Given several educational preferences among Chinese students, the learning environment affected by COVID-19, and the increased cognitive load when using a foreign language, the original teaching materials became nonoptimal and needed changes. The work results showed that a prospective way for such changes is considering the recommendations of the cognitive load theory and providing better conditions for forming conceptual structures of chemical knowledge. Over the years of intake, with unchanged educational programs, presentation materials have been modernised following the identified problems and preferred students' learning profiles. https://periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/orbital/article/view/22424Conceptual structure of chemical knowledgeLearning styleInternal, extraneous and germane cognitive loadSymbolic levels |
| spellingShingle | Ivan Gryshchenko Liqiang Jin Yulia Biriukova Tetiana Derkach Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign Language Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry Conceptual structure of chemical knowledge Learning style Internal, extraneous and germane cognitive load Symbolic levels |
| title | Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign Language |
| title_full | Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign Language |
| title_fullStr | Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign Language |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign Language |
| title_short | Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in English as a Foreign Language |
| title_sort | teaching analytical and inorganic chemistry in english as a foreign language |
| topic | Conceptual structure of chemical knowledge Learning style Internal, extraneous and germane cognitive load Symbolic levels |
| url | https://periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/orbital/article/view/22424 |
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