Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education (English Language Education Book 11)

KThis volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for undergraduate students to develop their proficiency of ESP skills and knowledge in the increasingly globalized world. Knowledge of ESP is an important factor in subject matter learning by students, and also closely related to the performance of university graduates in the relevant sectors. Careful planning and efficient implementation are essential to ensure the quality of the language learning process. For a variety of reasons, it proves difficult to maintain ESP instruction in higher education. These reasons include the incompetence of teachers, lack of materials for that specific context, as well as lack of opportunities for ESP teachers to develop their skills. The chapters in this book, taken from a wide variety of countries, shed light on the diversity of current practices and issues surrounding ESP. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Recent Developments in ESP/EAP/EMI Contexts (Yasemin Kırkgöz, Kenan Dikilitaş)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Materials Design Processes, Beliefs and Practices of Experienced ESP Teachers in University Settings in Spain (Helen Baştürkmen, Ana Bocanegra-Valle)....Pages 13-27 Innovative ESP Teaching Practices and Materials Development (Fredricka L. Stoller, Marin S. Robinson)....Pages 29-49 Using a Corpus-Based Approach to Select Medical Vocabulary for an ESP Course: The Case for High-Frequency Vocabulary (Betsy Quero, Averil Coxhead)....Pages 51-75 Selecting Corpus-Based Grammatical Structures for ESP/EAP Materials (Hossein Farhady, Kobra Tavassoli, Fariba Haghighi Irani)....Pages 77-92 Front Matter ....Pages 93-93 Lesson Study in Higher Education: A Collaborative Vehicle for Professional Learning and Practice Development of Teachers of English for Specific Purposes (Julie Norton)....Pages 95-109 The Processes Behind RA Introduction Writing Among Turkish Arts and Science Scholars (Demet Yaylı, A. Suresh Canagarajah)....Pages 111-128 Practitioner Research as a Way of Understanding My Work: Making Sense of Graduates’ Language Use (Tuula Lehtonen)....Pages 129-140 Expanding Possibilities for ESP Practitioners Through Interdisciplinary Team Teaching (Tim Stewart)....Pages 141-156 Perceptions of Students, Teachers and Graduates About Civil Aviation Cabin Services ESP Program: An Exploratory Study in Turkey (Enisa Mede, Nergis Koparan, Derin Atay)....Pages 157-175 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Introducing Innovation into an ESP Program: Aviation English for Cadets (Mustafa Er, Yasemin Kırkgöz)....Pages 179-199 From EFL to EMI: Hydrid Practices in English as a Medium of Instruction in Japanese Tertiary Contexts (Naoki Fujimoto-Adamson, John Adamson)....Pages 201-221 Fostering Active Learner Engagement in ESP Classes (Nemira Mačianskienė, Vilma Bijeikienė)....Pages 223-242 Are We Really Teaching English for Specific Purposes, or Basic English Skills? The Cases of Turkey and Latvia (Servet Çelik, Anna Stavicka, Indra Odina)....Pages 243-264 Listening Comprehension Strategies of EMI Students in Turkey (Adem Soruç, Asiye Dinler, Carol Griffiths)....Pages 265-287 Front Matter ....Pages 289-289 ESP/EAP in University Programs in a Non-target Language Community – Issues and Challenges (John O’Dwyer, Hilal Handan Atlı)....Pages 291-304 The C of Cognition in CLIL Teacher Education: Some Insights from Classroom-Based Research (Isabel Alonso-Belmonte, María Fernández-Agüero)....Pages 305-321 The Changing Roles of EMI Academics and English Language Specialists (Julie Dearden)....Pages 323-338 Quality Assurance of EAP Programs in the EMI Context (Donald F. Staub)....Pages 339-353 "This volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for undergraduate students to develop their proficiency of ESP skills and knowledge in the increasingly globalized world. Knowledge of ESP is an important factor in subject matter learning by students, and also closely related to the performance of university graduates in the relevant sectors. Careful planning and efficient implementation are essential to ensure the quality of the language learning process. For a variety of reasons, it proves difficult to maintain ESP instruction in higher education. These reasons include the incompetence of teachers, lack of materials for that specific context, as well as lack of opportunities for ESP teachers to develop their skills. The chapters in this book, taken from a wide variety of countries, shed light on the diversity of current practices and issues surrounding ESP." -- Prové de l'editor Annotation This volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for undergraduate students to develop their proficiency of ESP skills and knowledge in the increasingly globalized world. Knowledge of ESP is an important factor in subject matter learning by students, and also closely related to the performance of university graduates in the relevant sectors. Careful planning and efficient implementation are essential to ensure the quality of the language learning process. For a variety of reasons, it proves difficult to maintain ESP instruction in higher education. These reasons include the incompetence of teachers, lack of materials for that specific context, as well as lack of opportunities for ESP teachers to develop their skills. The chapters in this book, taken from a wide variety of countries, shed light on the diversity of current practices and issues surrounding ESP