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Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes

Issues and Prospects

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Editors:
  1. Elisabet Arnó Macià

    1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Antonia Soler Cervera

    1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Carmen Rueda Ramos

    1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  • One of the most outstanding features of this book is that it includes a variety of topics and perspectives that make it a comprehensive reference for teachers and researchers in the field. Thus, a single volume combines, on the one hand, theoretically-grounded studies on the application of computers in the field of LSP and, on the other, practical applications of the use of technological tools in specific teaching contexts, which can inspire readers to develop their own applications or to assess existing ones.
  • Many books have been published on LSP, but on few occasions is the application of IT the core of those works. On the other hand, although there are many publications on the IT-related topics covered at the conference (such as corpus-based studies, the use of computers in second language acquisition, applications of IT to teaching and learning, etc.), there is a need for a single volume that combines such different perspectives and approaches and that is devoted to the field of LSP.
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Part of the book series: Educational Linguistics (EDUL, volume 7)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Role of Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes: Some Central Issues

      • Elisabet Arnó Macià, Antonia Soler Cervera, Carmen Rueda Ramos
      Pages 3-15

  3. Corpus-Based Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Corpus Linguistics and English for Academic Purposes

      • John M. Swales
      Pages 19-33

    3. Interaction in Academic Spoken English: The Use of ‘I’ and ‘You’ in the MICASE

      • Inmaculada Fortanet Gómez
      Pages 35-51

    4. Exploring Epistemic Modality in Academic Discourse Using Corpora

      • Vassiliki Rizomilioti
      Pages 53-71

  4. Computer-Mediated Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Finding Common Ground in LSP: A Computer-Mediated Communication Project

      • Christine Appel, Roger Gilabert Guerrero
      Pages 75-90

    3. Uncovering Tasks and Texts - Teaching ESP Through Online Workshops

      • Virginia Hussin
      Pages 91-104

    4. The SMAIL Project. A Dialogic Approach to Computer-Assisted Language Learning for the LSP Classroom

      • Ma del Rosario Caballero Rodríguez, Ma Noelia Ruiz Madrid
      Pages 105-119

  5. Specific Technology-Based Projects in Different Educational Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Technology for Trust, Collaboration, and Autonomy Among Asian Students at the University Level

      • Claudia Devaux, Renate Otterbach, Ying Ying Cheng
      Pages 123-138

    3. Networking for Learning and Teaching English for Specific Purposes

      • Deborah Healey
      Pages 139-153

  6. Technology and Learner Autonomy in Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Learning English with Computers at University Level

      • David Lasagabaster, Juan Manuel Sierra
      Pages 157-176

    3. Using the Internet to Promote Autonomous Learning in ESP

      • María José Luzón Marco, María Isabel González Pueyo
      Pages 177-190

    4. Integration of E-Learning into a Tertiary Educational Context

      • Ruth Trinder
      Pages 191-210

  7. Terminology and Lexis: Teaching and Translation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. The Development of a Computer Science Dictionary, or How to Help Translate the Untranslatable

      • Jordi Piqué-Angordans, Santiago Posteguillo, Lourdes Melcion
      Pages 213-229
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About this book

I first used the Internet in fall 1993, as a Fulbright Scholar at Charles University in Prague. I immediately recognized that the Internet would radically transform second language teaching and learning, and within a year had written my first book on the topic, E-Mail for English Teaching. The book galvanized a wave of growing interest in the relationship of the Internet to language learning, and was soon followed by many more books on the topic by applied linguists or educators. This volume, though, represents one of the first that specifically analyzes the relationship of new technologies to the teaching of languages for specific purposes (LSP), and, in doing so, makes an important contribution. The overall impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on second language learning can be summarized in two ways, both of which have special significance for teaching LSP. First, ICT has transformed the context of language learning. The stunning growth of the Internet—resulting in 24 trillion email messages sent in 2005, and more than 600 billion Web pages and 50 million blogs online in the same year—has helped make possible the development of English as the world's first global language.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Elisabet Arnó Macià, Antonia Soler Cervera, Carmen Rueda Ramos

About the editors

The editors of the volume have ample experience teaching LSP at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. They have been involved in materials writing, in educational projects and in research related to LSP and, more specifically, to the impact of IT on LSP. English for Academic Purposes: Learning English through the Web (2001) and A Reading Course for Computing (2001) are among the most recent textbooks developed by the authors of the volume proposed here. The authors are currently developing an IT-based project funded by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2000), which consists in creating a virtual environment with learning resources for technical students of English. They received an award for an innovative teaching experience which involves the use of IT in LSP in 2001. In addition, the authors have also published several articles directly related to the scope of the volume.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes

  • Book Subtitle: Issues and Prospects

  • Editors: Elisabet Arnó Macià, Antonia Soler Cervera, Carmen Rueda Ramos

  • Series Title: Educational Linguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28624-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-28595-5Published: 07 February 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3947-0Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-28624-2Published: 13 October 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1572-0292

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 267

  • Topics: Language Education, Educational Technology, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, general

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