English For Specific Purposes Instruction And Research

Author : Nalan Kenny,Elvan Eda Işık-Taş,Huang Jian
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030329143

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English for Specific Purposes Instruction and Research by Nalan Kenny,Elvan Eda Işık-Taş,Huang Jian Pdf

This edited book focuses on current practices, challenges and innovations in the emerging field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). By combining diverse, empirically-proven and innovative ESP practices from all over the world with inspiring theoretical input and reflections from experienced practitioners, the authors in this volume examine both best-practice examples and ESP programmes which by various metrics are deemed to have failed. This book will be of interest to practitioners, teacher educators and researchers working in the field of ESP, as well as readers interested in language education and curriculum development more broadly.

Author : Yasemin Kırkgöz,Kenan Dikilitaş
Publisher : Springer
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319702148

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Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education by Yasemin Kırkgöz,Kenan Dikilitaş Pdf

This volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for undergraduate students to develop their proficiency of ESP skills and knowledge in the increasingly globalized world. Knowledge of ESP is an important factor in subject matter learning by students, and also closely related to the performance of university graduates in the relevant sectors. Careful planning and efficient implementation are essential to ensure the quality of the language learning process. For a variety of reasons, it proves difficult to maintain ESP instruction in higher education. These reasons include the incompetence of teachers, lack of materials for that specific context, as well as lack of opportunities for ESP teachers to develop their skills. The chapters in this book, taken from a wide variety of countries, shed light on the diversity of current practices and issues surrounding ESP.

Author : Laurence Anthony
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351031165

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Introducing English for Specific Purposes by Laurence Anthony Pdf

Introducing English for Specific Purposes presents the key concepts and practices of ESP in a modern, balanced, and comprehensive way. This book defines ESP and shows how the approach plays a crucial role in the world of English language teaching. Explaining how needs analysis, language and learning objectives, materials and methods, and evaluation combine to form the four main pillars of ESP, the book includes: practical examples that illustrate how the core theories and practices of ESP can be applied in real-world academic and occupational settings; discussion of some of the most hotly debated issues in ESP; insights on how ESP courses can be organized and integrated to form a complete program; reflection boxes, practical tasks, extension research questions, and resources for further reading in each chapter. Introducing English for Specific Purposes serves as an ideal textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying courses on English for Specific Purposes or English for Academic Purposes, as part of degrees in English for Specific Purposes, Education, ELT, Applied Linguistics, TESOL or TEFL. This comprehensive publication is also an invaluable reference resource for pre-service and in-service teachers of ESP, and for English program managers and administrators.

Author : Hajime Terauchi,Judy Noguchi,Akira Tajino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429753572

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Towards a New Paradigm for English Language Teaching by Hajime Terauchi,Judy Noguchi,Akira Tajino Pdf

This book proposes a new paradigm for English language teaching based on concepts from English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research and applications as well as from growing evidence relating pattern recognition to language learning ability. The contributors to the volume argue that learners should not try to become proficient all-around users of ‘idealistic native-like’ English, but instead should be realistic about what they need to acquire and how to go about achieving their specific goals. The book discusses the present situation by describing the status quo of English language education in Japan, taking into consideration recent trends of CLIL (content and language integrated learning), EMI (English medium instruction), and TBLT (task-based language teaching) as well as the work done on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It introduces new movements in ESP in Japan and in other Asian regions, covering topics ranging from genre analysis to corpus linguistics, and presents application examples of ESP practice in a range of educational situations in Japan from the graduate school level to elementary and middle school contexts. It also offers readers application examples of ESP practice in a range of business settings and expands the discussion to the global sphere where EAP and ESP are gaining importance as the number of ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) speakers continue to increase. The book will be of great interest to academics, researchers, and post-graduate students working in the fields of EFL and ESL.

Author : H. Basturkmen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230290518

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Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes by H. Basturkmen Pdf

Presented in two parts, this book firstly introduces core considerations in ESP course development drawing on examples from a wide range of ESP and EAP courses. Secondly four case studies show how experienced ESP teachers and course developers went about developing courses to meet the needs of their particular learners.

Author : Tom Hutchinson,Alan Waters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521318372

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English for Specific Purposes by Tom Hutchinson,Alan Waters Pdf

The main concern is effective learning and how this can best be achieved in ESP courses. This book discusses the evolution of ESP, the role of the ESP teacher, course design, syllabuses, materials, teaching methods, and evaluation procedures. It will be of interest to all teachers who are concerned with ESP. Those who are new to the field will find it a thorough, practical introduction while those with more extensive experience will find its approach both stimulating and innovative.

Author : Nijolė Burkšaitienė,Nadežda Stojković
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781527526679

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Establishing Predominance of English for Specific Purposes within Adult English Language Teaching by Nijolė Burkšaitienė,Nadežda Stojković Pdf

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has accumulated substantial tradition in practice, research and theory. It is a common approach in English Language Teaching (ELT) among adults today, starting with high schools, then in academia, pre and in-service training, and life-long learning programs. The role of ESP in each of these is to facilitate work in today’s inevitably international business and scientific environment. It provides language training based on the precise simulation of communicative situations found in the surroundings for which learners are preparing, including, for example, domain specific vocabulary, syntactic and morphological structures, text and speech content structuring, stylistics, intercultural competence. At present, when English is present either as a foreign or second language, learning General English (GE) is to a large degree accomplished before learners start needing English for their jobs. In this way, ESP does not complete GE, but builds upon the foundations laid by it in learners’ prior education. ESP is a channel of communication for the contemporary academia and economics. However, even so, these are still early days for ESP, as it does not yet have a recognised place within academia. Only very recently have we begun to witness the occasional but encouraging emergence of ESP academic courses and departments. This book thus explores practice and research conducted and under way in this field of ELT in order to assist its recognition as an autonomous academic discipline.

Author : Pauline C. Robinson
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034261722

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ESP (English for Specific Purposes) by Pauline C. Robinson Pdf

Author : Helen Basturkmen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135705206

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Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes by Helen Basturkmen Pdf

This volume presents a range of views about language, learning, and teaching in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Its purpose is to go beyond individual cases and practices to examine the approaches and ideas on which they are based. The aim is for readers to adopt an analytical stance toward the field and to identify current perspectives in ESP and the ideas driving them. Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes does not promote any one approach, but rather identifies and illustrates those in evidence today. The main emphasis is on the links between theory and ESP teaching and research. Ideas from linguistics, sociolinguistics, education, SLA, and social theories are described. Links are then made between these ideas and ESP course designs, instructional materials, and research projects. Thus the book moves back and forth between descriptions of theories, teaching practice, and research. Part I introduces the book's approach to description of ESP and the framework used to investigate it. Part II examines ideas of language, learning, and teaching in ESP. Recognizing that ESP is taught in many different countries and contexts, the author draws on a wide range of examples of teaching practice and research from around the world and from different branches of ESP, including English for Academic Purposes, English for Professional Purposes, and English for Vocational Purposes. From Chapter 3 onward, each chapter includes Questions for Discussion and Projects, to encourage readers to research and analyze the practices of ESP in their own contexts and to consider the ideas they draw on in their own teaching. This text is geared toward graduate-level TESOL education courses.

Author : Nadežda Stojković
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781622735426

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Positioning English for Specific Purposes in an English Language Teaching Context by Nadežda Stojković Pdf

With the unrelenting spread of globalization, the English language has been firmly established as the Lingua Franca. Now more than ever, the importance of learning English is paramount within nearly all professional and educational sectors. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has long been accepted as an effective method for teaching English as a foreign language. In recent years, it has experienced an increasing presence in secondary and tertiary education across the globe. This is predominantly due to its learner-centered approach that focuses on developing linguistic competence in the student’s specific discipline, may that be academics, business or tourism, for example. Positioning English for Specific Purposes in an English Language Teaching Context attempts to present and define the relevance and scope of ESP within English Language teaching. From mobile phones as educational tools to the language needs of medical students, the contributors to this volume examine and propose different epistemological and methodological aspects of ESP teaching. Its unique approach to ESP marks this volume out as an important and necessary contribution to existing ESP literature, and one that will be of use to both researchers and practitioners of ESP.

Author : Vander Viana,Ana Bocorny,Simone Sarmento
Publisher : English Language Teacher Devel
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1942799918

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Teaching English for Specific Purposes by Vander Viana,Ana Bocorny,Simone Sarmento Pdf

Be specific! Enhance students' language skills in a particular area to help them reach their goals. Learn the different types of ESP, various materials that can be incorporated into a course, and the roles of teachers and students. Read about four key topics within ESP: needs analysis, genre, specialized vocabulary, and corpus linguistics.

Author : Nadežda Stojković
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443884440

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Vistas of English for Specific Purposes by Nadežda Stojković Pdf

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the most needed forms of English Language Teaching with regards to the adult population in today’s global market economy where the English language is a prerequisite for the exchange and communication of professional ideas, best practices, and experiences, and a necessary skill for advancement in one’s career. This comprehensive volume brings together the most insightful papers from the First International Conference on Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, titled “Connect and Share”, held at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering of the University of Niš, Serbia, in May 2013. The collection covers a diverse and extensive list of topics, and provides a number of invaluable contributions which prove the presence of ESP in all continents, and in many different professions, sciences, and businesses. Also of interest is the fact these papers highlight the interrelatedness of ESP and linguistics, the methodology of teaching, sociolinguistics, and a number of other fields relevant to the study and practice of languages. The chapters of this book prove that immense, original, creative and worthwhile research is being conducted in the ever-growing and increasingly relevant field of ESP. At the same time, the book also offers rich insights into many innovative teaching practices that justify ESP as an important area of academic study.

Author : Dana Di Pardo Léon-Henri,Bhawana Jain
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527556874

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Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning by Dana Di Pardo Léon-Henri,Bhawana Jain Pdf

This volume is focused on the teaching and acquisition of language for special, professional or general purposes, as well as the needs and challenges associated with foreign language pedagogy in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) or, more generally, Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). It presents innovative methodology and technology-integrated approaches that will serve to benefit teacher development and assist language practitioners in enhancing student investment and motivation. A pragmatic tool for utilization at the local level, this collection provides an international panorama of language pedagogy that is of great use to both junior and senior researchers. It will also serve as a source of inspiration for future and seasoned language practitioners and in-service teacher educators.

Author : María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8483732513

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English for Specific Purposes by María del Pilar García Mayo Pdf

Since the 60's there has been an increasing demand for the teaching of English for specialized purposes (ESP), a major concern in both the English and non-English speaking world. The purpose of this book is to present readers with an overview of the underlying framework of ESP and to provide ideas about the structure of an English for Science and Technology course. Issues such as the different stages in the development of ESP research and their influence on teaching materials, the main linguistic features of scientific prose, genre analysis and future avenues for interdisciplinary research are dealt with.

Author : Brian Paltridge,Sue Starfield
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781118941553

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The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes by Brian Paltridge,Sue Starfield Pdf

Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this Handbook surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). • Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP • Features newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholars • Explores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical English • Considers perspectives on ESP research such as genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca and ethnography