Corpora and their Benefits for the Development of ESP Presenting and Writing Skills

SOBĚSLAVSKÁ, Vendula. Corpora and their Benefits for the Development of ESP Presenting and Writing Skills. 2017.

Basic information

• Original name: Corpora and their Benefits for the Development of ESP Presenting and Writing Skills
• Authors: SOBĚSLAVSKÁ, Vendula (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 2017.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education: Current Trends, Approaches and Issues
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14410/17:00100251
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• Keywords in English: language corpus; ESP; presenting in English; learner corpus

Abstract

This presentation deals with the place of language corpora in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) pedagogy. It describes an intended PhD research project on presenting and writing skills, based on specific courses at Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The paper summarizes the aims of the research, the methodology and the planned outcomes of the project. A part of the research is a teaching component which focuses on language corpora input that could help the students with creating their presentations on various technical topics in English.

Links

• MUNI/A/1277/2016, interní kód MU: Name: Výzkum učení a vyučování cizím jazykům (Acronym: AKTEV VI.)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A