The unexpected COVID-19 outbreak in the middle of school year 2019-2020 and subsequent declaration state emergency by Spanish government brought about a dramatic change classroom structure along with digital innovation at all levels worldwide. Traditional classes inevitably needed to be shifted an unprecedented as well non-face-to-face model that both teachers students had use without prior tra...

This study reports on integrating ESP (English for specific purposes) multimedia courseware for semiconductor technology into instruction of three different language programs in higher education by using it as a silent partner. It focuses primarily on techniques and tools to motivate retention of under-prepared students in an EFL setting. The courseware design was based on Mayer’s multimedia le...

This paper considers some issues in designing a textbook for students of psychology and education enrolled the same ESP course. These include balancing students’ objective subjective learning needs selection real content aimed at developing necessary competences accordance with course objectives, as well selecting carrier to satisfy interests both disciplines. An additional challenge involves a...