Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes

Teaching materials in languages for specific purposes have evolved in the last few years dramatically. The Internet currently plays a significant role in such development and has permitted both a wider range of resources and its free availability almost anywhere in the World. This paper presents a s...

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Main Author: Jesús García Laborda
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Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
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spelling ukm-20542016-12-14T06:30:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2054/ Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes Jesús García Laborda, Teaching materials in languages for specific purposes have evolved in the last few years dramatically. The Internet currently plays a significant role in such development and has permitted both a wider range of resources and its free availability almost anywhere in the World. This paper presents a selection of different types of recent materials for English for Specific Purposes. The paper begins by defining ESP. Then it approaches how materials should shape the student’s own learning, how materials should be selected according to the different skills and then emphasizes the importance of the Internet as a source of materials. The paper concludes with a set of ideas for the future development of ESP materials. The final goal of this paper is to provide the readers with valuable tools that can enhance their teaching through accessible means Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2054/1/10._3LVol17%281%292011GarciaLaborda_doc_%282%29.pdf Jesús García Laborda, (2011) Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 17 (1). pp. 102-112. ISSN 0128-5157 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html
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description Teaching materials in languages for specific purposes have evolved in the last few years dramatically. The Internet currently plays a significant role in such development and has permitted both a wider range of resources and its free availability almost anywhere in the World. This paper presents a selection of different types of recent materials for English for Specific Purposes. The paper begins by defining ESP. Then it approaches how materials should shape the student’s own learning, how materials should be selected according to the different skills and then emphasizes the importance of the Internet as a source of materials. The paper concludes with a set of ideas for the future development of ESP materials. The final goal of this paper is to provide the readers with valuable tools that can enhance their teaching through accessible means
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title Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes
title_short Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes
title_full Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes
title_fullStr Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes
title_sort revisiting materials for teaching languages for specific purposes
publisher Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate 2011
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2054/
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