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Aquesta assignatura serà impartida per les professores Carmen Rueda i Elisabet Arnó, de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Descripció de l'assignatura:
This changing world requires us to adapt to new demands, especially as English has become an international language increasingly used in a variety of situations and for different purposes. In such a context, English language teachers are faced with the challenge to help learners become effective language users for different tasks and in different situations, whether academic or professional, that can be related to business, medicine, law, engineering, tourism, etc. In fact, it is very likely that English language teachers nowadays find a job within the domain of “English for Specific Purposes” (ESP). The objective of this module is to introduce students to this important field of English language teaching (ELT). ESP consists in designing courses based on learner needs and the characteristics of the disciplines and purposes for which language is used. In this module, we’ll present some key issues in ESP by drawing on aspects of linguistics and language teaching that are already familiar to students, such as needs analysis, course design and materials development, teacher and learner roles, the teaching of language skills, discourse and genre analysis, as well as information technology in the analysis and teaching of English for specific purposes. |
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