Naslov
Teaching English for Specific Academic Purposes in a Multidisciplinary Setting: Challenges and Opportunities

Autori
Kuna, Dubravka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), ostalo

Izvornik
Od teorije do prakse u jeziku struke / Cigan, Vesna ; Krakić, Ana-Marija ; Omrčen, Darija - Zagreb : Udruga nastavnika jezika struke na visokoškolskim ustanovama, 2020, 128-143

Skup
IV. International Conference From Theory to Practice in Language for Specific Purposes = IV. međunarodna konferencija Od teorije do prakse u jeziku struke

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 21.02.2019. - 23.02.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
course design, ESP, multidisciplinary setting, needs analysis, syllabus

Sažetak
Teaching English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) may in certain educational contexts take place in groups of students of different discipline backgrounds. Moreover, the students’ respective disciplines may belong to various fields of science, e.g., to humanities and social sciences. Such heterogeneity of groups presents a considerable challenge for an ESAP teacher as it requires a comprehensive and multiple needs analysis as well as a carefully developed course design, which should result in a functional and well-balanced course syllabus. Teaching in a heterogeneous group predisposes the basic understanding of several disciplinary realities. This implies not only the comprehension of texts at the level of the noun phrase and sentence, but also the essential understanding of the subject areas, the ways of constructing knowledge, rhetorical structures of texts etc. in several disciplines. Despite a number of common features the academic discourses share across science fields and disciplines, there are also significant differences among them. ESAP practitioners are, hence, expected to respond to a wide range of demanding tasks which often reach far beyond the limits of their primary educational background. This paper aims to point to some similarities and differences between the humanities and social sciences with regard to their practices of knowledge construction, the genres employed, distinctive linguistic features etc. It also considers the impact of specificities of various disciplines upon the course design. Finally, the article proposes a possible course syllabus adjustable for a particular type of a heterogeneous group.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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