Classroom-made videos, politeness and formality in ESP classes

HRADILOVÁ, Alena. Classroom-made videos, politeness and formality in ESP classes. In ELT Signposts, Brno. 2011.

Basic information

• Original name: Classroom-made videos, politeness and formality in ESP classes
• Authors: HRADILOVÁ, Alena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: ELT Signposts, Brno, 2011.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14640/11:00053071
• Organization unit: Language Centre
• Keywords in English: ESP; interactive speaking tasks; formality; politeness

Abstract

The aim of the workshop is to experience and discuss the role of technologies in interactive speaking tasks in ESP classroom and its influence on the necessity of raising students’ awareness regarding expected level of formality and politeness in an English speaking environment. Examples from discussions, case studies and role-plays from ESP classroom will be used to illustrate the principal points and introduce the individual tasks and topics for discussions that should be addressed in this workshop.

Links

• CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0442, interní kód MU: Name: Kompetence v jazykovém vzdělávání na Masarykově univerzitě - COMPACT (Acronym: COMPACT)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Competences in Language Education at Masaryk University - COMPACT, 2.2 Higher education