English for Specific Purposes
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This presentation offers a new vision of how linguistic mediation can be implemented in the classroom and help students not only gain language proficiency, but also acquire other skills they will need in their future professional lives.
Metaphors have been the focus of many studies that embrace a wide range of aspects and diverse fields of knowledge given the colossal diversity of work now being undertaken (
The article is an attempt at summarizing the most important ESP developments that go back to the inception of the field in the 1960s. It first briefly refers to the emergence of the phenomenon of ESP and then goes on to discuss the most... more
International travel is a rapidly growing activity entailing cross-cultural communication between hosts and guests from different linguistic backgrounds. There is therefore a growing worldwide need for front-line staff (as hosts) in the... more
This study is part of an ongoing investigation into what we would like to identify as a unique, and so far underexplored, form of knowledge dissemination by means of online academic bionotes. By focusing on academic online identity... more
This paper studies how shipping forecasts are constructed and shaped. A pilot corpus of ten shipping forecasts issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the maritime and Coastguard Agency, and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 has been collected for... more
It contains information presentd as a lecture regarding the desigh of an ESP course for Dentistry majoring students at the ULA, Venezuela.
This article deals with the comparison of the lexical features of two texts from a diachronic point of view. Interest in lexical comparison arises from the fact that the two texts belong to a specialised field within... more
The story of Erin Brockovich, a woman who brought about the biggest lawsuit settlement in American history, that was made into an English lesson for students of all levels to practice their English skills
. AbedulGadir Muhammed Ali (Main Supervisor) Awad Osman Abdulaziz ( Co- supervisor)
This paper studies the contribution of ICTs to the teaching of Maritime English (ME) around the world as perceived by ME practitioners. We will briefly examine a number of software packages available in the market for the teaching of ME... more
Once you've settled into your new American life, chances are you'll want to indulge in some good, clean U.S. style fun. An activity for the English Language learner to practice their skills.
Memrise to edukacyjna aplikacja działająca na stronie internetowej oraz w wersji mobilnej wykorzystująca fiszki w połączeniu z mnemotechnikami do nauki języków obcych oraz do zapamiętywania informacji z innych dziedzin, np. geografii,... more
While a wealth of resources is available for teaching research writing of traditional IMRD research papers, instructors have little to draw on when working with graduate students in mathematics. The present study offers insight into... more
Ruth Breeze’s Corporate Discourse is a useful text in many aspects. Firstly, it covers the issue of corporate discourse from a range of theoretical backgrounds and their respective methodologies, plausibly showing how corporate... more
In this article we explore the usefulness of the criterion of authenticity for the selection and evaluation of EAP materials. These materials were specialised listening texts used on a first year undergraduate programme at a U.K.... more
Get students to rewrite a full paragraph in different time tenses
Tis work aims to present materials produced for the subject Technical English which is part of the Program of Post-Graduation in Cognition and Language at Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF). It is known that the... more
In the next chapter Ron Scollon examines the extent to which television can be used to analyse and illustrate culture differences in patterns of conversational openings and recommends the use of television as a source of teaching... more
This paper presents the findings of a questionnaire offered to ESP students from four academic programs, both first and second year. Its purpose was to assess their perceptions of the course design that included translation activities as... more
This research was exploring the use of English for a specific purpose by hotel receptionists in Sorong city. The data was conducted with quantitative but is not pure students. To collected data, the researchers used instruments such as... more
Get access to a great study on the COVID-19 done by McKinsey and also practice your language skills and learn more about this disease while improving your English.
The primary objectives of university English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses, such as Business English (BE) courses, are to train learners within relevant genres and to use language within related professional and communicative... more
Algeria joined the International Maritime Organisation in 1963 and has ratified all the international maritime conventions. It has also taken official measures in relation to the use of English for maritime communication by Algerian ship... more
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Massive Open Online Courses are becoming popular educational vehicles through which universities reach out to non-traditional audiences. Many enrolees hail from other countries and cultures, and struggle to cope with the English language... more
Scholarship on plagiarism in second language (L2) writing in the past two decades has greatly expanded our knowledge of the topic. As a result, we now know more about: The complexity of plagiarism as intertextual practice (e.g., Pecorari... more
Pilots who fly internationally must demonstrate a basic level of English language proficiency set forth by the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) in a set of descriptors outlining varying ability levels.This insures clear... more
The article investigates the discourse of guidebooks in terms of popularization, that is, in terms of the ways in which specialised and culture-specific concepts are reconceptualised and recontextualised to meet the needs, tastes and... more
A little bit about Harvard´s history, a place so close to my heart as somewhere I called home for many years and I just wanted to share some its info with you
The growth of English and its further implementation in various domains have become more and more vital in Algeria. Learners are highly interested in the English language and its use effectively and appropriately. Thus, the ability to use... more
The relationship between music and politics has not yet been widely researched in the social sciences, with the corpus of work on music and politics focusing on protest songs. For this reason, it is perhaps understandable that students of... more
A wonderful study done by INSEAD, THE ADECCO GROUP and GOOGLE on the Global Talent Competitiveness Index made into an English activity for students to learn and improve their skills in the language.
The PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research is designed to help non-native speakers write papers, books and theses at university and research level in English. It includes about 5000 words and phrases for university and research... more
Trans rights advocacy is a social justice movement that is transforming language practices relating to gender. Research has highlighted the fact that language which constructs gender as binary harms trans people, and some trans studies... more
Games have always been a staple of ELT, but their use has been concentrated at elementary levels; in contrast, EAP is often thought of as too serious to warrant games in class. At the same time, “gamification” has become a buzzword in... more
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That the English language is the prevailing language in international scientific discourse is an undeniable fact for research professionals who are non-native speakers of English (NNSE). An exploratory, survey-based study of scientists in... more
Číslo Prioritní osy: 7.2 Oblast podpory: 7.2.2 -Vysokoškolské vzdělávání Příjemce: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě Název projektu: Podpora terciárního vzdělávání studentů se specifickými vzdělávacími potřebami na Ostravské univerzitě v... more
A full book with activities for students to work on all skills in order to improve or learn the English Language
A preparation course for Business and Economics students.