How to learn chemical engineering English well! ! !
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It’s easy to find out the chemical meaning of a word; there are many dictionaries dedicated to chemistry these days. However, I find that the most difficult aspect is pronunciation – almost none of these dictionaries provide phonetic transcriptions. Although some do offer good pronunciations, there are still many cases where it’s hard to know how to pronounce the words. How do you guys deal with this?
At the stage I’m at now, I just need to become familiar with the meanings of chemical terms; I pay less attention to spelling.
If you just want to get familiar with the meanings, pick up a vocabulary book for chemical engineering English and read it several times; eventually you will remember the general meanings. I used to be the same way too; I didn’t try to memorize it deliberately, and after just half a month of studying I could recall little of it.
Are there no good websites or forums either?
It’s enough after reading a book on English vocabulary; in fact, there are only a few words that keep getting reused over and over again
It depends on what area the poster specializes in; generally, designers don’t actually need to have perfect pronunciation. With a professional background to back it up, it’s quite convenient to communicate with foreigners. If it involves working with foreign clients in English, for professional English one can communicate more with designers; having a level that is slightly above half of theirs is sufficient
The most practical approach is to read some professional technical materials, look up any words you encounter, memorize them, and by reading a couple of Technical Proposals, you will generally master the common vocabulary and grammar.
It seems that the methods for learning professional English in various fields are similar: 1. Read more foreign-language literature, which allows one to build up a vocabulary of technical terms without having to memorize them by force； 2. Use a tool like Kingsoft Dictionary or a PDF reader to select words and listen to their pronunciations; listen each time, and over time, you’ll remember them even if you didn’t initially ； 3. Find time to communicate with foreigners; after all, they love drinking tea, and talking about it will help reinforce the habit.
Agree with the person above; Jinniku Ciba is very useful