Improved English Immersion Teaching Methods for the Course of Power Electronics for Energy Storage System in China

Abstract

With the speedy progress in electrical engineering field globally, power electronics course has aroused attention from academic community. English immersion teaching methods applied to power electronics course aim to introduce advanced counterpart academic knowledge from abroad to China and equip students and teaching staffs with international views as well as English-oriented logical and critical thinking in power electronics, and thus to promote power electronics development in China in the long term. By utilizing English immersion teaching methods for power electronics course, which involves problem-based learning, English-project-based assessment method and English-based laboratory operation, the challenges that the innovative teaching methods confront could be solved during each process of power electronics course. For further illustration, English immersion teaching methods for energy storage will be analysed as a study case. Consequently, the new English immersion teaching methods for power electronics course in China can be spread and applied in other non-native English-speaking countries to upgrade and reform power electronics course and related discipline.

Keywords

• English immersion teaching
• English-oriented logic
• electrical engineering
• energy storage
• micro-lecture
• power electronics