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Ting Ding; Mengqi Zhang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
The level of information technology is increasing, and technology is developed. University English teaching has also changed under its influence. Different from the traditional teaching in the past, more and more students adopt the mode of "Internet + Smartphone" to learn English. This paper proposes a teaching mode evaluation method in…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Educational Change, Business Administration Education, Data
Francisca Lazcano-Santibáñez; Nataly Valeria Quezada-Telles – HOW, 2025
This study adopted an action research design to analyze the contribution of the Elevator Pitch technique on English as foreign language learners' oral fluency. Six 11th graders in a rural at-risk context in a vocational public high school in Hualqui, Chile participated in this study. The Elevator Pitch technique was implemented during seven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
Faoyan Agus Furyanto; Laila Rochmawati – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
The practice of intercultural teaching seems to be commonly applied but not in aviation English class. This might be difficult in conceptualizing intercultural competence instructional model (ICCIM) due to the mandatory adaptation to aviation English materials. This autobiographical study aimed to describe how the researcher conducted…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hengbin Yan – SAGE Open, 2025
This systematic review synthesizes recent trends in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research, examining 149 empirical studies published in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journals between 2014 and 2023. Employing a six-dimensional coding framework, we investigated participants, pedagogical methods, research methods, research foci,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Language Research, Educational Trends, English for Special Purposes
Tarek Assassi; Fouzia Rouaghe – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
As English is today's lingua franca, ESP is a flourishing domain of English language teaching and learning for learners seeking to enhance their professional or academic performance in a specific target situation. This review aims to classify research tendencies in the MENA region through topical themes explored in two major journals of ESP,…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Tavella, Gabriela N.; Fernández, S. Carina – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This paper reports the findings of a case study carried out in an English for specific purposes class with student tour guides at an Argentinean university. The main objective of this research project was to analyse how the teaching practices in the English language classes favoured intercultural exchanges. Data were gathered through document…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, College Students, Tourism
Watanapokakul, Sasa – THAITESOL Journal, 2022
English for Specific Purposes plays an important role at the tertiary education level. As the event industry is expanding in many countries around the world, including Thailand, study programs which help prepare young people specifically for a career in the event industry are becoming more sought after. An important component of any such program…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Hospitality Occupations, Needs Assessment, Curriculum Design
Vicent Beltrán-Palanques – TESOL Journal, 2024
Professional and academic communication is changing rapidly due to the evolution of new technologies. In the context of language teaching, this scenario offers possibilities for genre innovation (Hafner & Miller, 2018) while also encouraging teachers' reflection on how to best prepare students for effective communication. To this end, it has…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Piyapong Laosrirattanachai; Piyanuch Laosrirattanachai – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
Lexical bundles and moves are essential for vloggers to communicate clearly and purposefully within travel vlog discourse. It is crucial for L2 learners and practitioners aiming to enter the industry to master these bundles and understand the moves used in creating travel vlogs. This corpus-based study compiled a list of 239 four-word lexical…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Electronic Publishing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Chun-Chun Chang; Gwo-Jen Hwang – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Cultivating staff's professional English has become an imperative and challenging issue in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) countries. English for medical professionals is also the common language around the world for publishing new medical knowledge or reports. Therefore, Medical English for Health Professionals (MEHP) is a crucial…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Ourania Katsara – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2024
This article examines the implementation of culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching, recognizing ESP as a learner-centric approach tailored to individual needs. Despite this acknowledgment, the optimal methods for achieving learner goals remain elusive. Academics stress the need for a personalized…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Student Centered Learning
Basturkmen, Helen – Language Teaching, 2021
My first encounter with English for specific purposes (ESP) teaching was in the late 1980s. I was asked to lead a small team of teachers in designing a new English course for university students of art and design. We had just a few weeks to devise a teaching plan and materials. ESP was famously described at that time as 'essentially a materials…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Patcharapan Suwanmanee; Preechaya Mongkolhutthi – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This bibliometric study reveals the dominant research topics, methodologies, contexts, and publication outlets utilized by researchers in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Thailand from 2010 to 2024. Bibliometric analysis was conducted using Microsoft Excel 2019 and VOSviewer 1.6.19 as research tools. The dataset was retrieved from…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Educational Research
Ka Yan Lam – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2024
This study introduces a pedagogical framework incorporating multiliteracies, a new literacy concept proposed by the New London Group (1996, A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. "Harvard Educational Review," 66(1), 60-92. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.66.1.17370n67v22j160u), and glocalised marketing, the adaptation of…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Universities, Marketing, English for Special Purposes
Gwo-Jen Hwang; Chun-Chun Chang – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
In the clinical medical field, case studies, medication records, examination results, and physician prescriptions are documented in English. As a consequence, the English for Medical Professionals (EMP) program has become one of the important courses in nursing education in non-English-speaking countries. For English as a Foreign Language (EFL)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Game Based Learning