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How to Keep their Brains Ticking over? On the Use of Quotes in ESP

The paper deals with different ways quotes can be explored in the LSP classroom. Quotes formulated by engineers, scientists, celebrities, philosophers, writers, poets or famous historical figures may be used to introduce a new topic and get the students talking. These brain teasers have proven to motivate students to speak their mind and develop critical thinking about different issues. For instance, Einstein claimed that “God always takes the simplest way” ; Aristotle said that “Quality is not an act, it is a habit” ; Edison wrote “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10000 ways that won’t work” ; Steven K. Roberts stated “Art without engineering is dreaming. Engineering without art is calculating”, etc. How can we use these and other quotes to create an inspiring and challenging lesson? How to contrast different ideologies in LSP classroom and help students become more aware of the cultural, ideological, political and social systems? Can we ‘smuggle’ a little bit of philosophy into the LSP classroom, or does teaching LSP include only and exclusively terminology of a specific field? The authors aim to show how they exploit quotes with ESP and EAP students, and plan to prepare handouts that can be used by other teachers.

communication, critical thinking, quotes, tuning-in

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