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Alyssia Miller De Rutté; Diana Galarreta-Aima; Andrea Nate – Hispania, 2024
The all-encompassing term "Medical Spanish" references the Spanish used by healthcare professionals. Medical Spanish courses have gained traction as the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. continues to grow. Consequently, demand for courses in Medical Spanish and other areas of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP), a subfield of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Languages for Special Purposes, Health Personnel, Second Language Learning
Hayes, Mary Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Needs analysis (NA) has been a core component of language for specific purposes (LSP) research and curriculum development for the past half-century, and within the past decade has seen significant methodological advancement. Specifically, certain LSP NA research has adopted task as a unit of analysis (e.g., Youn, 2018; Malicka et al., 2019), and…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Spanish, Religious Education, Second Language Learning
Czellér, Mária; Nagy-Bodnár, Klára – Research-publishing.net, 2019
As economies are inevitably becoming dominated by multinational and global companies, the need for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) is growing accordingly. Language institutes in higher education are trying to tailor their curriculum to meet the expectations of such companies each with their specific technical vocabulary. While LSP courses are…
Descriptors: Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Bonetto, Elena, Ed.; Ennis, Michael Joseph, Ed.; Unterkofler, Dietmar, Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
The international symposium "Teaching Languages for Specific and Academic Purposes" aimed to bring together university instructors and researchers of LSP and LAP in order to share and explore approaches, methods, and practices which have emerged within diverse contexts. Topics include needs analyses, TBLT, curriculum development,…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Languages for Special Purposes, Higher Education
Risner, Mary; Egúsquiza, Carolina – Dimension, 2016
Acquiring second language and intercultural skills tied to real-world contexts is key to personal and professional success for students in today's globally connected society. This paper defines and details the benefits of integrating a current Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) approach, which connects language learning and intercultural skills…
Descriptors: Languages for Special Purposes, Language Skills, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach
Davidson, Lauren; Long, Sheri Spaine – Dimension, 2013
In an effort to expand the teaching of medical Spanish to medical students, a one-week pilot course was developed and implemented at The University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM) in January 2010. Objectives included offering a refresher course in Spanish for medical students before third-year clerkships and providing a model for medical…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Spanish
Basturkmen, Helen – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article examines Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) in New Zealand and Australia (Australasia) and Europe in recent years, focusing on the creation and implementation of curricula in these contexts. The examination draws on themes distinguished by Grosse and Voght (1991) in their discussion of the emergence of LSP foreign language programs…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development
Hardin, Karol – Hispania, 2015
The US health care system faces linguistic challenges. Disparities in language-concordant care for Spanish speakers persist due to current demographics and a paucity of bilingual providers. A proliferation of courses in Spanish for health care professions suggests that universities and post-graduate institutions are attempting to meet this need;…
Descriptors: Spanish, Medical Education, Educational Quality, Second Language Learning
Doyle, Michael Scott – Modern Language Journal, 2012
Although it has existed for many decades in the national curriculum of U.S. higher education, the study of languages for business purposes has lacked a more serviceable and academically communal name--a more rigorous toponymic identity--by which to identify itself as a theory-based field of scholarship. The intention here is to propose for…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Business Communication
Languages for Specific Purposes Business Curriculum Creation and Implementation in the United States
Fryer, T. Bruce – Modern Language Journal, 2012
After the United States emerged as the major world economic leader following World War II, language curricula for specific purposes in international business were put into practice at the college and university levels. This article documents the work of the major players in the development of coursework and materials for business languages for…
Descriptors: International Trade, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Second Language Learning, Grants
Spring, Madeline K. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article offers an overview of how the Language Flagship Program integrates languages for specific purposes (LSP) components into its broader mission of having students graduate with Superior Level linguistic proficiency and cultural competence, thus being well equipped to function as global professionals in the major of their choice. Turning…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Extracurricular Activities, Foreign Countries, Languages for Special Purposes

Benouis, Mustapha – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Describes the development of and the reaction to a course in Business French at the University of Hawaii. Its success, coupled with its recognition by state and academic officials, brought about the initiation of similar courses in other languages and the development of French for travel industry management majors. (SED)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, French

Rivers, Wilga M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1985
Outlines five directions foreign language programs can take and makes the following recommendations for classroom teaching: (1) link foreign languages with international studies and (2) teach languages for career purposes, (3) for intercommunity understanding, (4) for insight into the process of communication, and (5) to serve as a key to…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Bertocchi, Daniela; Lugarini, Edoardo – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1982
The authors stress the importance of using a "science-oriented" syllabus when teaching a second language for specific purposes and identify the linguistic concepts which must be incorporated into such a syllabus. They discuss their experience in teaching Italian for specific Purposes at the National University in Somalia. (CFM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Caprio, Anthony – 1988
A model for college-level translation training for the professions at the American University (District of Columbia) is described, and suggestions for adaptation are provided. The training consists of a translation component implemented in existing regular departmental foreign language courses. The model provides students with introductory…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Professional Occupations