Language for Specific Purposes

2017-05-01
Language for Specific Purposes

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  • Author: Mary K. Long
  • Publisher: Georgetown University Press
  • ISBN: 1626164207
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 232

In the United States today there is lively discussion, both among educators and employers, about the best way to prepare students with high-level language and cross-cultural communication proficiency that will serve them both professionally and personally in the global environment of the twenty-first century. At the same time, courses in business language and medical language have become more popular among students. Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), which encompasses these kinds of courses, responds to this discussion and provides curricular models for language programs that build practical language skills specific to a profession or field. Contributions in the book reinforce those models with national survey results, demonstrating the demand for and benefits of LSP instruction. With ten original research-based chapters, this volume will be of interest to high school and university language educators, program directors, linguists, and anyone looking to design LSP courses or programs in any world language.

Language for Specific Purposes

2016-04-29
Language for Specific Purposes

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  • Author: Sandra Gollin-Kies
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 113750076X
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 276

This book fully explicates current trends and best practices in LSP, surveying the field with critical insightful commentary and analyses. Covering course areas such as planning, implementation, assessment, pedagogy, classroom management, professional development and research, it is indispensable for teachers, researchers, students.

Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning

2009-12-15
Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning

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  • Author: Karlfried Knapp
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
  • ISBN: 3110214245
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 751

This volume focuses on how far the policies, principles and practices of foreign language teaching and learning are, or can be, informed by theoretical considerations and empirical findings from the linguistic disciplines. Part I deals with the nature of foreign language learning in general, while Part II explores issues arising from linguistic, socio-political, cultural and cognitive perspectives. Part III and IV then consider the different factors that have to be taken into account in designing the foreign language subject and the various approaches to pedagogy that have been proposed. Part V finally addresses questions concerning assessment of learner proficiency and the evaluation of courses designed to promote it. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of foreign language communication and learning presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field offers solutions to everyday language-related problems with contributions from renowned experts

Assessing Languages for Specific Purposes

2000
Assessing Languages for Specific Purposes

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  • Author: Dan Douglas
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521584957
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 329

This book is the first to examine implementation of tests for specific purposes.

Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice

2011-09-22
Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice

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  • Author: Amazat K. Akbarov
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1443834289
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 340

Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice is a collection of essays which will appeal to teachers of modern languages no matter the level of instruction. The essays highlight the latest developments of Foreign Language Teaching in the Balkan countries, Eastern and Western Europe and the Middle East. The field of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) is one of the richest areas of second language research and practice because increasing globalization and changing technologies spawn new modes of intercultural connection and new occasions for second language use. Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice compasses this burgeoning field by presenting new research and commentary from some of the field’s leading practitioners. This book surveys the approaches and methods in foreign language teaching, such as grammar translation, language evaluation, communication competence, critical thinking skills, communicative language teaching, and the natural approach. Teachers and teachers-in-training will discover in this book a comprehensive survey and analysis of the major and minor teaching methods used around the world. It is addressed to a wide audience that includes Language for Specific Purposes teachers and researchers, although the contents will also be relevant to applied linguists working in other fields. This book contains research studies as well as educational experiences and proposals, presented from different perspectives and backgrounds (both geographical and cultural), all of which are theoretically grounded and with a clear and sound rationale. Readers will find a variety of educational projects and research studies situated in specific educational contexts and in particular geographical locations.

Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes

2022-03-01
Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes

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  • Author: Diana M. Ruggiero
  • Publisher: Georgetown University Press
  • ISBN: 1647121604
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 136

Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes provides learner-centered strategies, models, and resources for the development of WLSP curricula. This guide bridges theory and practice, inviting scholars, educators, and professionals of all areas of world language specialization to create new opportunities for their students.

English for Specific Purposes

1987-01-29
English for Specific Purposes

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  • Author: Tom Hutchinson
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521318378
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 193

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.

Language for Specific Purposes

2017-01-06
Language for Specific Purposes

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  • Author: Giuliana Elena Garzone
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1443862738
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 470

This volume brings together work by both well-known scholars and emerging researchers in the various areas of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), such as political, legal, medical, and business discourse. The volume is divided into three parts in order to align rather than separate three different but related aspects of LSP: namely, translation, linguistic research, and domain specific communication on the web. Underlying all the contributions here is the growing awareness of the ever-increasing multiformity of specialised communication and the ever-wider social implications of the communicative situations in which it is embedded, especially where it involves the need to move across languages, cultures and modes, as in translation and interpreting. The contributions consistently bear witness to the need to review received notions, pose new questions, and explore fresh perspectives. The picture that emerges is one of extreme complexity, in which researchers into specifically linguistic aspects of LSPs and their translation across languages and media declare their awareness of the pressing need to come to terms with a wide range of social, pragmatic, intercultural and political factors, above and beyond socio-technical knowledge of the domains under investigation.

Positioning English for Specific Purposes in an English Language Teaching Context

2019-01-18
Positioning English for Specific Purposes in an English Language Teaching Context

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  • Author: Nadežda Stojković
  • Publisher: Vernon Press
  • ISBN: 1622735420
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 292

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.

Introducing English for Specific Purposes

2018-05-15
Introducing English for Specific Purposes

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  • Author: Laurence Anthony
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351031163
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 209

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.