Languages for Specific Purposes

Languages for Specific Purposes

Languages for Specific Purposes Searching for Common Sol ut ions

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Dit a Gál ová

CAM BRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING

Languages for Specific Purposes: Searching for Common Solutions,edited by Dita Gálová This bookfirst published 2007by Cambridge Scholars Publishing 15Angerton Gardens,Newcastle,NE52JA,UK

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All rights for this bookreserved.No part of this bookmay be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN 1-84718-300-X;ISBN 13: 9781847183002

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Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii Chapter I: Teaching Languagesfor Specific Purposes Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Deci si on-M aki ngandt heInt egrat i onoft heFourSki l l swi t hLarge, Mi xed-Abi l i t yESPGroups IsabelBalteiro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Aut onomyi nESP:Sol ut i onorReci pe? NoémiaBárbara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 TheImpactoft heCEFR onTestingLanguageCompetenceinHi gher Educat i on JanaBérešová. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 St rat egi esandLanguageCompet encei nt heELP–Scope,Purpose andAdapt abi l i t yforLSPPort fol i os NatašaGajšt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Desi gni ngaTask-BasedESPSyl l abus Yasemi nKirkgoz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 TeachingPri nci plesandTypesofW rittenandSpokenCommunications i nEngl i shforAcademi c/Occupat i onalPurposes NadeždaSt ojkovi ü. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 TheImport anceofM et adi scoursei nt heGenre“Promot i onofTouri st i c Servi cesandProduct s”:Di fferencesi nEngl i shandSpani sh FranciscaSuau-Jiménez,RosanaDol ón-Herrero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 A LanguageCompet encesProjectandIt sAppl i cat i oni nTrai ni ng Doct oralSt udent s BoženaZavadi lová. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Chapter II: ICT in Language Teaching Introduction ................................................................................................92 E-Learning in ESP Teaching Nina Bexaeva ..............................................................................................95 From Both Sides Now: Online Listening and Recording for Second Language Learning David Brett ................................................................................................102 Methodology of E-Learning in LSP and Designing Learning Activities in Technology-Rich Context Svetlana Fedyunina ...................................................................................117 New Technologies Applied for Practising ESP/EAP Skills: Professional Writing Dita Gálová................................................................................................124 Implementing a User-Friendly Approach in LSP Courses Dana Hanesová..........................................................................................135 Exploiting LSP Corpora in the Study of Foreign Languages Antonio Pinna............................................................................................146 Teaching Business Collocations Teodora Popescu .......................................................................................164 Chapter III: Languages for Specific Purposes –l exicol ogy, terminol ogy,transl ation studies Introduction ..............................................................................................180 The Role of Mediating Activities in Teaching English for Legal Purposes Adéla Bahenská.........................................................................................184 Issues in On-Line Legal Translation Teaching Miguel Ángel Campos Pardillos................................................................191

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Explicitation and Deletion from the Perspective of Teaching LSP Translation Elena Croitoru ...........................................................................................207 Computer Science Neologisms and Their Translation Ivanka Ferþec ............................................................................................223 Developing Lexical and Sociolinguistic Competence in Business English, German and Polish Monika Kowalonek ...................................................................................230 List of Authors...........................................................................................237 Index..........................................................................................................240