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Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education

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Editors:
  1. Yasemin Kırkgöz

    1. English Language Teaching, Faculty of Education, Çukurova University, Sarıçam, Turkey

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  2. Kenan Dikilitaş

    1. English Language Teaching,Faculty of Education, Bahçeşehir University, Beşiktaş, İstanbul, Turkey

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  • Offers a wealth of international perspectives on English for Specific Purposes in higher education
  • Contains research on actual implementations and time-tested models of ESP teaching and learning
  • Addresses practical and theoretical issues of the development of ESP programs, teacher education, and university graduate achievements

Part of the book series: English Language Education (ELED, volume 11)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Recent Developments in ESP/EAP/EMI Contexts

    • Yasemin Kırkgöz, Kenan Dikilitaş
    Pages 1-10

  3. Materials Design and Development in ESP

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Materials Design Processes, Beliefs and Practices of Experienced ESP Teachers in University Settings in Spain

      • Helen Baştürkmen, Ana Bocanegra-Valle
      Pages 13-27

    3. Innovative ESP Teaching Practices and Materials Development

      • Fredricka L. Stoller, Marin S. Robinson
      Pages 29-49

    4. 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

    5. Selecting Corpus-Based Grammatical Structures for ESP/EAP Materials

      • Hossein Farhady, Kobra Tavassoli, Fariba Haghighi Irani
      Pages 77-92

  4. ESP Teacher Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. 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

    3. The Processes Behind RA Introduction Writing Among Turkish Arts and Science Scholars

      • Demet Yaylı, A. Suresh Canagarajah
      Pages 111-128

    4. Practitioner Research as a Way of Understanding My Work: Making Sense of Graduates’ Language Use

      • Tuula Lehtonen
      Pages 129-140

    5. Expanding Possibilities for ESP Practitioners Through Interdisciplinary Team Teaching

      • Tim Stewart
      Pages 141-156

    6. 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

  5. Curricular Issues in ESP

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Introducing Innovation into an ESP Program: Aviation English for Cadets

      • Mustafa Er, Yasemin Kırkgöz
      Pages 179-199

    3. 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

    4. Fostering Active Learner Engagement in ESP Classes

      • Nemira Mačianskienė, Vilma Bijeikienė
      Pages 223-242

    5. 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

    6. Listening Comprehension Strategies of EMI Students in Turkey

      • Adem Soruç, Asiye Dinler, Carol Griffiths
      Pages 265-287

  6. ESP, CLIL and EMI

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“This is a well-researched and well-designed book. The authors have successfully presented a comprehensive and insightful narrative on the key trends in ESP and the related realms of EMI, CLIL, and EAP. … The potential audience of this volume includes researchers, postgraduate and graduate students majoring in the field of applied linguistics, as well as university teachers and ESP practitioners.” (Lilia Raitskaya, Journal of Language & Education, Vol. 04 (02), 2018) “This volume presents a collection of chapters which look at ESP from different angles, from ESP to CLIL or EMI,  and from different countries, from Turkey to Latvia or Japan. It brings together the experience of practitioners and the accurate studies of researchers. It can be interesting both for researchers and practitioners and for students interested in these matters.” (Inmaculada Fortanet Gómez Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain)

Editors and Affiliations

  • English Language Teaching, Faculty of Education, Çukurova University, Sarıçam, Turkey

    Yasemin Kırkgöz

  • English Language Teaching,Faculty of Education, Bahçeşehir University, Beşiktaş, İstanbul, Turkey

    Kenan Dikilitaş

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education

  • Editors: Yasemin Kırkgöz, Kenan Dikilitaş

  • Series Title: English Language Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70214-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70213-1Published: 17 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88905-4Published: 04 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70214-8Published: 08 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2213-6967

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-6975

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 353

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education, Higher Education, English

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