Integrating Information and Communication Technologies in English for Specific Purposes

✍ Scribed by Rosa Muñoz-Luna, Lidia Taillefer (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 218
• Series: English Language Education 10
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book fills the need for a text that integrates Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into English for Specific Purposes (ESP). It offers insights on current methodological principles in ESP in both academic and professional contexts, drawing on authentic teaching and learning situations, and analyses best practice guidelines. Part I begins with ESP pedagogical principles and technological practice in order to focus on its two main branches: English for Academic Purposes, which includes linguistic skills and students’ needs, and English for Occupational Purposes, specifically looking at Business, Medical and Translators courses.
This book is a great resource for ESP researchers, educators and students, because it provides case studies of how ICTs can be used in English for multiple purposes. Authors present their experiences of integrating tools into their instructions, with each chapter contributing unique pedagogical implications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Introduction (Rosa Muñoz-Luna, Lidia Taillefer)....Pages 1-4
Front Matter ....Pages 5-6
Integrating Technology in ESP: Pedagogical Principles and Practice (Li Li)....Pages 7-25
Using Technology in the Teaching of ESP: Some Reflections Based on Practice (Sandra Stroo, Rosa Muñoz-Luna, Antonio Jurado-Navas)....Pages 27-36
Independent ESP Learners: The Case for Blended Learning (Renia López-Ozieblo)....Pages 37-53
Front Matter ....Pages 55-56
The Internet as a Pedagogical Tool in the Writing Process: A Research-Based Approach (Mercedes Díez-Prados, Ana Belén Cabrejas-Peñuelas)....Pages 57-78
Learning Management Systems for Teaching at University Level: Students’ Attitudes and Real Usage in the Classroom (Antonio Jurado-Navas)....Pages 79-92
English for Academic Purposes: A Proposal to Improve Listening Skills of Education Students (Ana María Ramos-García)....Pages 93-106
Multimedia EAP Learning in Virtual Reality: Second Life in an English Department (Lan Li)....Pages 107-124
Front Matter ....Pages 125-126
ESP and Free Online Dictionaries (Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera)....Pages 127-143
Translation, Virtual Environments and ICT Tools for Achieving Competence in Language for Specific Purposes (Encarnación Postigo-Pinazo, Concepción Mira-Rueda)....Pages 145-163
A Business English Course in the Digital Era: Design and Analysis (Lidia Taillefer)....Pages 165-182
Online Course Design for Translation into English (Leah Leone)....Pages 183-203
Back Matter ....Pages 205-211

✦ Subjects

Language Education