ESP Teaching Research Articles

Esp teaching in contemporary medical education in Brazil

The early 2000s have witnessed significant changes in medical education in Brazil, especially because of the creation of the More Doctors (Mais Médicos) program in 2013 and the publication of the resolution that establishes the National Curricular Guidelines for Medicine undergraduate courses in 2014. The latter focuses on a human, critical and socially responsible education, which comprehends the development of the proficiency in a foreign language, preferably a lingua franca. The objective of this paper is to map the inclusion of foreign languages, particularly English, in Political Pedagogical Projects (PPPs) from public medical schools between the years 2013-2019. Online bibliographical research was carried out and data were collected from the e-MEC system and the PPPs. Descriptive statistics have shown that 65.1% of Medicine undergraduate courses (n=28) include the proficiency of a foreign language in their PPPs, being that language English in 35.7% and any other language in 64.3%; 34.9% of the institutions do not incorporate any foreign language at all. Although the majority of medical schools seem to be conforming with the National Curricular Guidelines, there might be still a gap between targeted English language practices and their association to health education and the promotion of healthcare actions.

Penggunaan Linguistik Korpus dalam Mempersiapkan Bahan Ajar English For Specific Purpose Di Bidang Radiologi

Minimnya buku ajar English for Specific Purpose yang berkenaan dengan bidang radiologi yang sesuai untuk mahasiswa program studi radiologi di Indonesia menjadi tantangan bagi para dosen pengajar Bahasa Inggris di program studi radiologi Politeknik Al Islam Bandung. Untuk mengantisipasi keterbatasan bahan ajar ESP di bidang radiologi tersebut maka dilakukan penelitian terhadap buku teks radiologi yang berbahasa Inggris dengan menggunakan linguistik korpus sebagai alat untuk mendapatkan kosa kata di bidang radiologi serta gramatika dan fitur kelas kata yang digunakan dalam buku tersebut. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode gabungan antara kuantitatif yang diaplikasikan di awal penelitian serta metode kualitatif yang digunakan pada proses analisis untuk mendapatkan simpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 12.395 kata berbeda yang digunakan dengan total jumlah kata secara keseluruhan termasuk kata yang diulang-ulang adalah sebanyak 428.117 kata. Kata-kata tersebut diklasifikasikan ke dalam kelas kata nomina, verba, ajektiva, adverbia, singkatan, dan lain-lain. Secara garis besar, dari hasil tersebut diantaranya ditemukan adanya penggunaan kalimat aktif dan pasif, tenses yang meliputi present, present continuous tense, past tense, present perfect, auxiliary verbs, countable dan uncountable noun, dan comparative degree. Selanjutnya, hasil analisis ini akan digunakan untuk menyusun bahan ajar ESP bidang radiologi.

Implementation of New Educational Principles in Alignment with the Smart City Concept

The modern cities are being transformed into intellectual systems. Digital technologies provide solutions for all the spheres of city functioning: healthcare, utilities, power engineering, traffic lines, resource management and education. Municipalities become the communities, in which government, post-secondary institutions, private business and citizens work as partners to build a better tomorrow. The goal of this transformation is sustainable development, which means resource savings, efficient environment management and the new format of employment. Postmodernism is replaced by the epoch of auto-modernism because of correlation of technological automation and autonomy of a human being. Auto-modernism merges such notions as capitalism, democracy and science and transforms their interdependence due to technological globalization. Internet becomes the center of their interconnection. Consequently, modern technologies reshape the social relationships and build foundations for remote work and distant studies. People at present try to use the possibilities of digital technologies in all spheres of life for the sake of savings, intensification and optimization. Education as one of the priorities in a value system of any society is also involved in the transformation process. Logic of teaching and learning processes is being changed in order to adapt to the needs of the modern students (due to the principle of continuous learning). Flipped classroom model for EFL and ESP teaching is one of the solutions of the above mentioned issues.

Investigating ESP Teachers Perceptions Towards The Possibility Of Implementing Team Teaching In Business English Courses:, The Case Of ESP Teachers At The Faculty Of Economic Sciences, Commerce And Management Sciences At Ghardaia University

This research is conducted to portray the perceptions and views ESP teachers hold towards team teaching and the possibility of implementing this method in their business English courses at the faculty of Economic Sciences, Commerce and Management at the University of Ghardaia. This exploratory study investigates how ESP teachers perceive team teaching as a method of teaching and the extent to which they are apt to cooperate and adopt this approach in future. A group discussion and a questionnaire are used to gather data which are analyzed quantitatively, qualitatively and interpretatively. The results show that the majority of the teachers are apt to adopt this method in their business courses emphasizing that the managerial staff should implement it and provide a special training to avoid any misunderstanding. Key words- team teaching, teachers' perceptions, ESP courses, business English

ІННОВАЦІЙНІ ТЕХНОЛОГІЇ НАВЧАННЯ У ВИВЧЕННІ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВИ У ВИЩИХ ТЕХНІЧНИХ НАВЧАЛЬНИХ ЗАКЛАДАХ ЄВРОПИ

The topical problem of using innovative technologies in teaching professional English, due to the modification of the content of foreign language teaching, increasing the volume and complexity of the studied material, is investigated. Particular attention is paid to innovative teaching methods. It is noted that modern information technology has become an integral tool in ESP training. It is emphasized that teachers integrate technologies into their own courses, bringing them as much as possible in line with the future professional needs of the student. The division of innovative forms of education into groups is characterized. The innovative forms of education are divided into two groups: the ones based on Internet technologies and on the computer technologies. It is noted that innovative forms of learning can be synchronous and asynchronous. It is noted that the European template for learning foreign languages is aimed at the practical interdisciplinary and professional orientation of foreign language classes. The research methods used are search on the available methodological and scientific literature with the analysis of the found material, classification, elucidation of causal relationships, systematization and analysis of documentation and results of researchers on the problem of the study. It is emphasized that the active use of innovative technologies is a tool to ensure access to information resources in a foreign language and to establish interaction with those who speak other languages. The most innovative products used in learning English are considered. The advantages of innovative forms of learning based on information technologies in the study and teaching of ESP are described. It is emphasized that the student was given the opportunity to build a more flexible and independent way of learning, a wider choice of the best learning technology. The models for ESP training are described. The emphasis is placed on training as a recognized method of active learning, which combines situations aimed at achieving the educational aim.The topical problem of using innovative technologies in teaching professional English, due to the modification of the content of foreign language teaching, increasing the volume and complexity of the studied material, is investigated. Particular attention is paid to innovative teaching methods. It is noted that modern information technology has become an integral tool in ESP training. It is emphasized that teachers integrate technologies into their own courses, bringing them as much as possible in line with the future professional needs of the student. The division of innovative forms of education into groups is characterized. The innovative forms of education are divided into two groups: the ones based on Internet technologies and on the computer technologies. It is noted that innovative forms of learning can be synchronous and asynchronous. It is noted that the European template for learning foreign languages is aimed at the practical interdisciplinary and professional orientation of foreign language classes. The research methods used are search on the available methodological and scientific literature with the analysis of the found material, classification, elucidation of causal relationships, systematization and analysis of documentation and results of researchers on the problem of the study. It is emphasized that the active use of innovative technologies is a tool to ensure access to information resources in a foreign language and to establish interaction with those who speak other languages. The most innovative products used in learning English are considered. The advantages of innovative forms of learning based on information technologies in the study and teaching of ESP are described. It is emphasized that the student was given the opportunity to build a more flexible and independent way of learning, a wider choice of the best learning technology. The models for ESP training are described. The emphasis is placed on training as a recognized method of active learning, which combines situations aimed at achieving the educational aim.

Challenges of Teaching and Learning Business English in Ukrainian Universities

The English has been widely used and expanded with the globalization of the business world, notably ESP is considered a part of it. This study aims to seek out the challenges of teaching and learning Business English in Ukrainian universities. Considerable experience as Business English teachers at several Ukrainian universities and ongoing contact with colleagues in the professional community of ESP teachers, provides an opportunity to affirm that the results we found in the empirical study are typical for most Ukrainian universities. This assumption was also supported in the discussions with the ESP teachers from different regions of Ukraine during the British Council's “English for Universities” project (2015-2018). Data collection was done by conducting a questionnaire survey for the ESP practitioners that had the issues in teaching ESP course at the Faculty of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv The findings revealed the challenges that ESP practitioners face, particularly: difference in students’ language competence, course content selection, lack of motivation, in-class hours etc. and possible solutions in overcoming the constraints in teaching. The study suggests that Business English practitioners should develop and improve practical tools for evaluation and certification of results following the requirements and further improvements should be implemented in the methodology and organization of ESP teaching, the content of the course, the course design, the development of course-books and supplementary teaching materials for each specialty.

Challenges in teaching intercultural communication (ICC) for healthcare students

Including the intercultural aspect in classes can pose great challenges for ESP teachers. First of all, when we try to find the balance between language learning and improving intercultural competence, we may face various problems on how to support both without the two counteracting one another. Furthermore, we must see and acknowledge our competences and responsibilities when teaching communication as ESP teachers. Lastly, we have to be knowledgeable in how to gradually improve intercultural communication among learners with different language proficiency levels. In our paper we aim to find answers to these questions based on our experience in teaching intercultural communication to health service manager students.

Вдосконалення навичок студентів немовних факультетів з англійської мови (практичний аспект)

The article is devoted to practical aspects of effective development ESP students' skills for tomorrow's challenges. It is stressed that a noticeable shift towards training ESP students in universities, on how to develop global skills, has taken place. Consideration of productive approaches at ESP classes is beneficial. In the article deliberately proved that global skills are not restricted to any particular subject on the curriculum but are transferable across all subjects, ESP in particular. The idea that much better results when ESP is provided through exposure to the language and meaningful communication in combination with systematic studies is provided. Nowadays there is a distinct tendency in which ESP teachers are aware of the importance of meaningful communication, while the rise of technology leads employers towards becoming globally interconnected, so such global skills as interpersonal communication, collaboration, critical thinking, intercultural competence and citizenship, and digital literacy are important for for future specialists. In order to operate in an international context a successful ESP course should have tools to engage students in meaningful conversations with meaningful language as well as to develop global skills. A detailed analysis of global skills and ways how to enhance these skills are given. In the context of improvement of ESP students’ skills, the idea of a learner-centered classroom is considered to be pretty effective as teacher can not only create a learner-centered classroom, but also shift teacher’s classroom position from simple lecturer to a knowledge facilitator. The article is focused on the approaches a teacher should provide to create such kind of classroom. A special attention is payed to authentic learning environment as to important element of a successful ESP course. This element is classified in details from practical point of view.

Towards effective Teaching and learning ESP in mixed classes: Students’ interest, challenges and remedies

Towards effective Teaching and learning ESP in mixed classes: Students’ interest, challenges and remedies

The Role of the ESP Teacher in the In–company Training: An Experience in an Oil Exploration and Extraction Company in Cuba

Training is one of the organizational forms of postgraduate. In teaching English for specific purposes ESP it is very useful as it allows the student to be approached to the real scenario where he needs to communicate, among other functions. The teacher never loses his role but according to the scenario, it may include other skills that are not the ones they are used to display in the traditional class. Being a tutor in the workplace is very challenging. Sometimes teachers are scared of failing, as they have to face a technical vocabulary as well as some unforeseen situations which have to be handle with some expertise. The key is not to be afraid of these new experiences. Using the student’s expertise in their field together with the teacher´s skills may become a very powerful tool. This article goes into the different roles of the tutor as facilitator of the pedagogical process during this organizational form. The author of this paper wants to provide with some confidence to teachers while they are specializing in different ESP scenarios. That´s why she has shared examples of a training that was carried out in an oil exploration and production company in the province of Matanzas through three performance tasks carried out in the workplace. This may be generalized to other contexts too.

Towards A Project-Based Approach To ESP Teaching And Learning:, The Case Of Graduate Students Of The Department Of Mathematics At Abbess Laghrour University, Algeria

Towards A Project-Based Approach To ESP Teaching And Learning:, The Case Of Graduate Students Of The Department Of Mathematics At Abbess Laghrour University, Algeria

Syntactic ambiguity of (complex) nominal groups in technical English

Complex nominal groups are common in technical English (i.e. English for Specific Purposes, ESP) as they allow lexical items to be tightly packed into a clause. This leads to increased lexical density and syntactic ambiguity.
 In this paper we analyze (complex) nominal groups in technical English, assuming that it is not only the context and extralinguistic knowledge (i.e. shared technical background that the ESP teacher does not necessarily possess) that help solve the syntactic ambiguity, but that the structure of the nominal group, or more precisely the position of modifiers within the group can help disambiguate the meaning. Thus, modifiers standing farthest from the head have the least specifying potential and are followed by those which restrict the meaning of the entire nominal group. In the example steam reciprocating engine (vs.*reciprocating steam engine) the participle reciprocating has a more specific meaning and is thus closer to the head of the nominal group.
 The results show how the type of modification (linear or non-linear) can help disambiguate complex nominal groups. The main contribution of the paper is to help the ESP teacher, who is not a specialist in the field of (marine) engineering, process, understand and successfully teach complex nominal groups.

YSTEM OF COMPILING TESTS FOR ESP STUDENTS’ READING COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT AND METHODS OF THEIR APPLICATION

The article depicts various types of reading used at ESP lessons as well as the aims and the necessity of using evaluation system for the reading skill. As teaching ESP, students are implied working with texts most of the time of the lesson. Therefore, the developing students’ reading competence becomes vital. This denotes the usage of adequate evaluation system for ESP students’ reading skills. Moreover, based on ESP materials and taking into account different reading techniques various evaluation students’ foreign language reading competence techniques are described as well. Hence, to help teachers in compiling and using appropriate reading tests, some criteria for defining the level of ESP students’ reading competence and test designing are described with the examples of reading test exercises. Methods, described in the article, provide the reader with the information when and how to use the assessment material: at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the course depending on the aims the teacher is targeting at. In addition, the article covers practical test results used at ESP lesson for the students of “Psychology” and “Applied Mathematics and Computer Science” faculties. Everything touched in the article could be valuable for other ESP teachers and scholars to implement in their further work with their students.

IMPROVING CLASSROOM MATERIALS DESIGN FOR VOCATIONAL ENGLISH TEACHERS AT SAMPANG VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS

Improving the content and classroom materials design for English Classrooms at any vocational high school level is a tough job. English teachers at SMK levels found it challenging to integrate their classrooms materials to fulfill the vocational needs of their students. No denying to the fact that Vocational English has set a different framework compare to general English classes at the similar level of education. This study aims as a joint research partnership and as well as a platform to improve and create variety of English Vocational Materials for SMK classes in Sampang area. Around 7 public vocational high schools were involved in this study, providing a thorough information of its students’ needs for ESP purposes. The materials included knowledge about syllabus writing and the creation of independent teaching materials in the classroom as well as the implementation of reading, writing, and listening and speaking which are targeted to two different goals, UNBK and ESP improvements. The activity of developing English teaching materials is also expected to improve the final results of UNBK Students in English subjects. The study has resulted in the findings of challenges of teaching and developing materials for ESP classes, learning and teaching weaknesses triumph with the models, and the possible future solutions for ESP teaching at SMK level. The study also resulted in the initiative project collaboration with MKKS SMK in Sampang area to pioneer Sampang Vocational Camp 2020.

ESP TEACHERS IN THE WORLD OF GLOBALISATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION INTERNATIONALISATION

This paper deals with the new situation the ESP teachers have to face at Higher Educational Institutions. The authors bring an insight into the situation of ESP in Slovakia and Slovak Technical University. They also put forward that ESP teachers now have to accommodate a new role of facilitators in the internationalisation of higher educational environment using the example of their Visegrad+ Project bringing together ESP practitioners and disciplinary teachers from six countries.

THE METHOD OF COORDINATES IN TEACHING ESP

The article introduces a new approach to English language teaching and learning at media and journalism departments. It is called “the method of coordinates” and its purpose is to teach reading media, looking for author's intention and writing mass media texts. The method regards a mass media text as a multidimensional structure possessing such coordinates as protagonist, place, time, subject, author’s intention, audience targeting, relevant external links, irrelevant external links etc. Here the step-by-step analysis is described how to determine them in the text and thus notice the composition of the text. Further, the collected data are used to develop own writings in media. As an example, the report “Dalia Stasevska joins BBC Symphony Orchestra as principal guest conductor” from The Guardian (25.01.2019, by Imogen Tilden) is chosen. The novelty of the approach is in a particular combination of several steps while reading and analysing the content of a newspaper article. The method can be used in ESP classes at media and journalism departments while teaching students to read news articles and to analyse them semantically, pragmatically and structurally. It contributes to the development of reading skills and understanding author’s intention as one of the most difficult tasks with the learners of English as a Second Language and prepares students to create personal writings in media.THE METHOD OF COORDINATES IN TEACHING ESP

Developing a curriculum model of English teaching for master’s degree nursing education in a Chinese medicine university

ObjectiveEnglish for Specific Purpose (ESP) is the essence for developing scientific research capacity, which is a core component for postgraduate education. The objective of this article is to develop a curriculum model for ESP of Master’s level nursing education in a Chinese medicine university. MethodA three-year action research approach with continuous reflection and modification was used to develop an ESP curriculum based on the RICH model. A total of 78 students of Master’s Science in Nursing enrolled in 2016–2018 and three course teachers in Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine participated in the study. The ESP curriculum based on the RICH model involved research-based learning topics (R), integrated curriculum(I), cooperative learning methods(C), and humanistic outcome (H). ResultsThe passing rate of the students was 100%, the excellent rate was 79.5%, with an average score of 83.16 ± 3.43. All students were satisfied with the ESP course design and acknowledged the process of “growing up under the pressure”. Four students have published five articles in the journals included by Science Citation Index (SCI). ConclusionsThe study exerted a positive effect on the ESP teaching and learning and provided new ideas for the ESP curriculum integration of Master’s Science in Nursing in China.

THE ESP LECTURERS’ SELF-DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT

The article is devoted to the problem of preparing of future ESP teachers in the context of higher education. Taking into account the necessity of solving the problem of acquiring not only purely theoretical and applied linguistic knowledge, but also knowledge from a certain professional area (for example, medicine, pharmacy, economics, law, engineering), the role of the formation of self-development competence as a means of expanding and deepening of vocational training gained at the university is presented. Self-development competence of the ESP teacher is the ability to evaluate one’s professional achievements, to choose the ways of optimizing personal level of intelligence aimed at self-improvement, to practically embody personality changes, control efficiency, adjust the conditions for self-change. The crucial components of this process are: self-analysis of knowledge, skills and know-hows, that can ensure full inclusion of the individual into professional and pedagogical activity at its highest innovative-creative level; designing ways of their development; selection and realization of corresponding receptions in all spheres of vital functions of the ESP teacher as a carrier and creator of humanistic values in society; self-control and self-correction. Self-development competence provides individuals with a promising opportunity to resolve problems characterized by increasing complexity, gradually expand their professionally important knowledge, master new creative opportunities.

Students’ Perceptions of Blended Learning in Mastering English for Specific Purposes

The blended learning has proliferated in recent years to integrate ICT into ESP instruction. Thus, ESP teachers have to acclimatize the feasibility of the advancement in facilitating English instruction for ESP learners. To this end, the present study assayed the ESP students’ perceptions toward the blended learning in mastering English for specific purposes. In the present study, the qualitative approaches were employed based on the questionnaire data. The data gathered from the questionnaire was gauged by descriptive analyses that utilized SPSS 21. The results show that most students get satisfied and enthusiastic to have blended learning of ESP course. However, the classroom interaction by using English and time management skills should be taken into deep concern by English teachers for developing the ESP blended learning course.

AN EVALUATION OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES COURSES AT A VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY

When English is commonly used in different professional fields and serves as an important communication tool at work, the teaching of English for Specific Purposes at higher education institutions requires more attention. Aiming to increase the effectiveness of ESP education, this study investigates the teaching of ESP courses at a Vietnamese university, evaluating the syllabus, materials, teaching methodology and tests of ESP courses. Data were collected from the questionnaires distributed to 657 ESP students, interviews with 8 ESP teachers and observing ESP lessons delivered by 5 teachers and analysing related documents. Research findings pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of the ESP courses and propose practical solutions to improve the effectiveness of the courses. The findings could be used as a reference for other higher education institutions with similar educational contexts in Vietnam.