Identity Study of English for Specific Purposes Teachers in the Context of Shifts in Public English Teaching Positioning

This study investigates the identity of English for Specific Purposes(ESP)teachers within the dynamic landscape of shifts in public English teaching positioning.Adopting a mixed-methods approach,qualitative and quantitative analyses were employed to explore the complexities of ESP teacher identity construction and adaptation.Qualitative findings revealed key themes including strong professional identity grounded in specialized expertise,the impact of changing educational policies and curriculum reforms,and the importance of cultural competence and intercultural communication.Quantitative analysis of survey data indicated high levels of job satisfaction among ESP teachers,with significant correlations between variables such as professional development participation,perceived efficacy in technology integration,and self-perceptions of identity as ESP educators.

The Omani Technical Students’Knowledge of English for Specific Purposes(ESP)Lexis and Their Attitudes Towards Learning ESP

In Oman,research on ESP has been attracting a great deal of attention in English language education over the past decade.Nevertheless,little attention has been paid to discover the relationship between the technical students’knowledge of the ESP lexis and their attitudes towards learning ESP in the Omani technical context.Therefore,this research study was conducted to do so and to explore whether the Omani technical students’knowledge of ESP lexis is predictable and is affected by a combination of their attitudes to learning ESP,their gender,and their age.Forty-eight questionnaires were distributed among participants(24 males and 24 females)aged between 24 and 27 years old.The study confirmed the positive relation between people’s knowledge and their feelings;several recommendations were proposed.In addition,the study showed that technical students’attitude towards learning ESP is an issue that must be resolved as it negatively affects improving the students’knowledge of ESP lexes.

Discussion on the Nature of English for Specific Purpose and ESP Teaching Methods

This paper clears up the scientific justification for the existence of ESP through the analysis of ESP's nature.The specific features of ESP teaching goals and focuses require us to adopt suitable ESP teaching methods for the completion of ESP teaching tasks.The ESP teaching method introduced here as "Contrastive Approach" is from our ESP teaching practice and will play a positive role in the ESP education to Chinese students.

Advocating the Need for Incorporating Critical Pedagogy and Critical Literacy in Teaching English for Specific Purposes

The axis tlhesis of this paper is that, today, it is ESP （English for Specific Purposes） in particular, rather than General English, that is the agent of the spread of globalization. Currently, ESP is witnessing an unprecedented spread, to a point of almost taking over the relevance and frequency of teaching of General English. Hereby, we look at the phenomenon of globalization as a social concept that demands of education that students are taught performativity, therefore just skills needed for the global economy functioning, and not education as a move towards change, refinement, and individuation of a personality. ESP is taught as a sort of socially neutral language, as it presumably deals only with the language of some specific science or profession. Relying on the relevant work of the acclaimed social theorists, it is our claim that as there is no socially and/or ideologically neutral language, and that this fact applies for ESP. It is because of this, that we hereby advocate a strong and urgent need for the application of critical pedagogy and critical literacy stances in the practice of ESP, and we give some broad directions of how that can be achieved.

The Analysis of Discrepancies between English for Specific Purposes Teaching and Needs Analysis of Job Requirements

This paper aims at strengthening teachers’understanding as well as optimizing future curriculum design of ESP(Eng⁃lish Specific Purpose).According to the literature ESP is one of the means for language learning and teaching,which is based on learners’needs.By adopting needs analysis,teachers are able to deeply and appropriately understand the needs from students and the real-life settings like working places in society.According to the three cases that have been reviewed,there are always discrep⁃ancies between teaching and learning in the classroom,and the real-life needs of job requirements in society.Combining the curric⁃ulum design of ESP and the method of needs analysis is an effective way to close the discrepancy.

Teacher＇s role in teaching English for Medical Purposes （EMP）

This paper has addressed key notions about ESP and examined issues in ESP curriculum design. The content of the paper was determined by a need identified based on author＇s professional experience as an EMP instructor designing and delivering the content-based language lessons--language preparation for Doctoral Degree Applicants in medicine. The author believes that in English class teachers should adopt a student-centered approach, have some knowledge of the special subjects and choose appropriate materials that fit all medical students. This approach has achieved satisfactory result in helping students know about the latest breakthroughs in biomedical fields, communicate with colleagues of other countries and contribute to foreign medical journals.

数字时代开放教育ESP教学模式构建与实践研究

进入数字时代,面对数字化强国、数字化教育战略布局,国家开放大学启动人工智能赋能大学英语智慧教学改革,致力于探索数字信息技术与专门用途英语教学模式深度融合的方法。在教育数字化转型背景下,基于开放教育专门用途英语教学模式内涵和构建原则,围绕课程设置与教学目标、教学内容与素材、教学方法与实施、课程评价与测试四个方面,提出专门用途英语教学模式构建框架,构建开放教育专门用途英语教学模式的实施策略,以提升开放大学英语教学成效。

基于ESP理念的通用学术英语在大学英语教学中的构建

通用学术英语(EGAP)作为专门用途英语(ESP)的分支,不局限于特定学科或职业,主要解决学术英语中的共性问题,培养学生一般性的学术英语能力。文章以ESP教学理念为基础,探索将通用学术英语课程作为从通用大学英语到专业英语的衔接性课程,构建于大学英语课程体系中。提出将通用大学英语与通用学术英语相互融合互为补充、确立以需求分析为基础的通用学术英语教学目标和教学内容、设计以学生为中心的教学活动和加强通用学术英语课程师资队伍建设等作为通用学术英语在大学英语教学中的构建原则,旨在为转型期的大学英语教学提供理论和实践依据以及可借鉴的经验。

ESP Evaluation:Importance,Classification and Specific Features

专门用途英语(ESP)测试与评估是专门用途英语课程设置中非常重要的一环。然而,长期以来,专门用途英语测试与评估却未得到应有的重视。为了使广大专门用途英语教师认识到专门用途英语测试与评估的重要性及其特点,进而提高专门用途英语课程的整体效果(无论职业英语或是学术英语课程),本文试对专门用途英语测试与评估体系的重要作用及特点进行了系统的探讨和研究。

ESP course design： An intensive, non-assessed, in-service oral business English course for intermediate business people

With the great impact of WTO and the business globalization, professional internationalized business people are heavily demanding, which imposes pressure and necessity on practical and effective Business English program. This essay intends to design an intensive, non-assessed, inservice oral business English course for intermediate business people.

Chinese nursing postgraduates'views on implementing outcome-oriented academic English course:a descriptive study

Background:According to previous studies on professional English course teaching,the evaluation of course teaching was positive,but the vast majorities focus on medical English literature reading,professional English vocabulary,and professional English translation.As an alternative,the course design based on academic learning needs under the outcome-oriented education/model emphasizes the improvement of students'comprehensive ability in oral expression,literature reading,writing,and academic communication.Objectives:The objective of this study was to analyze nursing postgraduates'opinions on learning the outcome-oriented academic English course.Methods:This is a cross-sectional descriptive study.A total of 150 first-year nursing postgraduates enrolled in the“Academic Professional English for Nursing Postgraduates”course.After completing the course learning,students scanned QR codes generated by the online questionnaire and completed it anonymously within 48 h.Results:The students who participated in this course strongly believed that it“helped them strengthen their English speakability”(4.8 points),“made them more confident to participate in international academic conferences and exchanges in the future”(4.8 points),and“helped them apply English more in the nursing professional field in the future”(4.7 points).Conclusions:The implementation of outcome-oriented course teaching helps students to understand the research of foreign scholars and effectively express their own research content with English as a tool.It motivates them to continuously use English for professional and academic communication.

ESP视域下医学本科生学术英语需求分析

文章基于ESP视域下的需求分析理论,对山西医科大学的三年级本科生对学术英语课程的需求情况进行了问卷调查,共回收问卷483份。调查结果表明,医学本科生具有强烈的学术英语需求,包括阅读英文专业文献、听懂专业英文讲座、选修全英课程、用英文进行学术写作等。多数医学本科生认为英文学术读写能力非常重要,但是在词汇和学术读、说、听、写、5个方面表示有困难的学生比例均超过了一半,在用英文搜索和阅读专业文献的6个困难中,认为有困难的学生的比例也基本超过了一半。学术规范知识调查表明,医学生鉴别文献资源可靠性的能力较差,医学生合理引用文献的知识也很匮乏。随后的文本分析和课堂观察也表明,虽然学生有强烈的需求,但是对于研究范式和写作学术规范知之甚少。由于当前开设的通用大学英语课程不能满足学生的多种需求,在学习者需求分析的基础上,构建通用英语+学术英语的课程模式可能更适合普通本科院校的学生。

财经类专业研究生ESP语言能力提升路径探究——以新疆高校为例

新开放格局和新文科建设对人才的需求呈多元化趋势,也对高校ESP课程建设提出了新要求。民族地区财经类专业学生的外语水平,与课程建设、复合型人才培养以及主动参与国际经贸治理密切关联。就财经类专业研究生语言能力提升问题对来自14所高校的学生、教师和教育专家进行了深度访谈,分析了ESP教与学中的问题及原因,并从学生、教师、学校、实习和用人单位多个层面提出了改进建议,以期为有效构建ESP课程体系,为“专业+外语+”的复合型人才培养提供参考。

康复医学专门用途英语课程教学思考与改革应用效果分析

目的康复医学专门用途英语课程对培养康复本科学生结合专业知识和英语去进行学术交流、发表文章、获取专业前沿动态等能力,具有重要意义。基于课程设置面临的教材匮乏、教材内容缺乏专业特色以及师资人才匮乏等难点,本教改进行针对性教学改革,以提高教学效果和人才培养质量。方法选取广州医科大学康复学系2019级学生为对照组(n=111人),2020级学生为实验组(n=112人),进行五个方面的改革,包括线上线下混合的“16+8”理论结合实践的创新性教学模式改革及实训教材编写、理论课突出康复相关4大系统及引入康复专业前沿文献的教学内容改革、教师讲解及学生文献汇报(Journal Club)的教学形式改革及师资队伍改革,注重学生三个专门用途英语实际应用能力培养改革。最后通过期末课程成绩对比两组学生的知识综合应用情况,并通过问卷调查评价实验组学生课程学习效果和课程满意度。结果本次教改采用创新性教学模式,教学内容紧贴康复专业特色,运用专业知识进行英文读、说、写能力的培养,并进行教学形式改革、教师队伍改革,提高了课程教学效果。期末成绩显示实验组学生成绩优于对照组,平均分对比具有统计学差异(P<0.001)。调查问卷显示实验组学生学习效果好、对课程及教师团队满意度高,90.91%的学生赞同新编教材贴合专业,93.23%的学生认为课程提高了专门用途英语应用能力。结论本次教改有效激发学生专业学习兴趣、提高教学效果,同时有利于促进教师的专业发展从而有助于发展和完善教学系统。本教改对其他同类课程具有借鉴参考价值。

基于超星学习通的艺术院校研究生混合式英语教学模式研究

线上线下混合教学模式有助于增强研究生的学习效率和兴趣,提升教学的互动性和实用性。超星学习通平台极大地丰富了英语教学方法和手段,有效促进了学生的学习动力和实际应用能力,为艺术院校英语教学提供了新的视角和方法,预示着教育技术在提高教学质量方面的巨大潜力。

学术英语的学科与体裁特性

随着我国高等教育国际化的持续深入,学术英语教学与研究的规模和需求日益增长。然而现有文献在识解学术英语内涵和教学定位方面存在诸多不确定性,对学术英语特性的认识不足在一定程度上制约了课程设置和教学内容的合理安排。本文通过文献及数据论述学术英语在话语修辞方面的学科和体裁特性,认为学术英语并不仅是通用英语在词汇和语法上的延伸,也与专业英语有所不同,它是以目标话语共同体为导向,深刻蕴涵了学科和体裁特性的语言特征、体裁资源和话语实践,其教学核心是目标话语共同体的话语修辞而非话语内容。了解学术英语的学科和体裁特性有助于增强教学针对性,提高学生掌握参与学科知识建构与表述的话语能力,深化学生对学科本体论、认识论和方法论的理解,从而使他们更好地加入学科话语共同体,构建学术身份。

新文科建设引领下的专门用途英语教学发展研究

新文科建设是高等外语教育改革的重要契机,专门用途英语(ESP)是英语教学危机的应变之举。ESP是与某一特定学科或行业相关的英语语言教学与研究,分为学术用途英语和行业用途英语两大类。无论是公共英语教学还是英语类专业教学,ESP教学都在一定程度上面临课程定位不够明确,以及教学体系不够成熟的发展困境。明确专门用途英语的课程定位,实施以社会需求为基、以学习需求为纲的多元主体协同育人教学策略,是新文科建设引领下的ESP破局路径。

SOME GENERAL ASPECTS OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

The teaching of English for Specific Purposes has been in existence for over 30 years,and has beenprominence for more than 20 years,and is still in the ascendant.ESP teaching accounts for a consider-able proportion of the teaching of English as a foreign language in China.It is therefore necessary forus Chinese teacher s to know more about ESP.

“慕课”背景下以内容为依托的大学英语ESP教学模式研究

"慕课"浪潮给大学英语ESP教学带来了机遇与挑战,该文基于CBI理论和ESP理论的研究,针对非英语专业大学生的英语学习需求,分析当前大学英语ESP教学面临的窘境,提出了借助以网络"慕课"为代表的现代信息技术,开展以内容为依托的大学英语ESP教学模式,即"MOOC课程+CBI+ESP"(MCE);通过实践教学实验、问卷调查、访谈等定性、定量的研究方法及其结果分析,初步论证了此教学模式有利于学生英语学习动机的提高、学习策略的使用、综合英语水平的提升。

以ESP为中心的医学院校英语课程改革之课程设计

以ESP为中心的医学院校英语课程改革能够激发医学生学习英语的兴趣,满足他们的特殊的学习需求,符合英语教学朝着多样化和个性化发展的趋势。它的顺利进行必须以科学的课程设计为前提。在课程设置、教学方式、教学资料、教师队伍建设以及测试与评估等方面一定要本着实事求是的原则,因需施教,因材施教,这样才能取得最佳的教学效果,并真正提高学生的语言使用能力。