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Cunningham, D. Joseph; Vyatkina, Nina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2012
This study reports on the development of a professional spoken register among learners of German as they participate in four synchronous Web conferences with German-speaking professionals. The researchers investigated the effect of interaction with expert German speakers combined with an instructional intervention focusing on pragmatic competence…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, German, Verbs, Teaching Methods
Bloor, Meriel; Bloor, Thomas – 1986
A discussion of the practice and theory in the teaching of language for specific purposes (LSP) focuses on the ways in which the LSP experience, and especially experience in English for specific purposes (ESP), compels a new evaluation of certain theoretical positions in applied linguistics and second language learning. It concludes that: (1) the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Needs, Educational Theories, English for Special Purposes