Providing learner control opportunities, such as making individual choices and using preferred learning styles, is a difficult task in the tertiary ESP classroom. Curricular courses can be supplemented with integrative CALL experiences in Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) to overcome classroom constraints. ESP course design in these environments should, however, focus on key aspects which a...

Enrollment numbers and retention rates have been decreasing in technology programs in United States of America, particularly for underrepresented minority groups. At St. Mary’s University, we started an Engineering Summer Program (ESP) that consists of programming and robotics sessions for high school students. The programming courses offer an opportunity for many students to write a computer p...

In the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), as in any other type interlanguage, phraseology contributes significantly to successful academic writing (Biber and Barbieri 2007). For particular learner varieties, such Romanian English, few studies have examined formulaic sequences (Hyland 2008), mainly focusing on lexico-grammatical patterns (Chitez 2012, 2014). The proposed paper investi...

This practice illustration paper aims to present the rationale and methodology of using corpus analysis tools other software develop students’ terminology skills enhance acquisition at university level. It focuses not only on students philology, but also non-linguists within ESP courses. The presents types assignments for terminological based as well competences developed through such activitie...

Assessing learners' needs is an integral part of any curriculum and course design , namely English for specific purposes (ESP), syllabus design, materials development, teaching methods and testing issues. Critical approach to needs analysis, which is a relatively recent approach, acknowledges the rights of different stakeholders including teachers, students and administrators in the process of ...

This study investigated the effects of ESP teaching medical English on proficiency Chinese major students. A content-based language instruction was given to experimental group while control taught basis traditional grammar-translation method. Both groups were freshmen majoring in clinical nursing and second semester their college learning.The findings showed that course significantly effective ...

the present study aimed at exploring the potential relationship between language learning strategies (lls) and factors such as major fields of study, sex, and language proficiency among university students across different fields such as medicine, sciences, engineering, humanities, and english. to this end, 200 master students were collected and tested. in addition, 25 english teachers were inc...

assessing learners' needs is an integral part of any curriculum and course design , namely english for specific purposes (esp), syllabus design, materials development, teaching methods and testing issues. critical approach to needs analysis, which is a relatively recent approach, acknowledges the rights of different stakeholders including teachers, students and administrators in the process of ...