The ESP JournalPub Date : 1985-01-01Epub Date: 2002-08-28DOI: 10.1016/0272-2380(85)90015-0
Ray Williams
{"title":"Teaching vocabulary recognition strategies in ESP reading","authors":"Ray Williams","doi":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90015-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90015-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Having distinguished vocabulary recognition strategies from vocabulary development exercises, the article first justifies the teaching of such strategies in ESP reading. Five are then reviewed: inferring from context, identifying lexical familiarization, unchaining nominal compounds, synonym search, and word analysis. Appropriate exercise-types and teaching approaches are suggested for each.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101229,"journal":{"name":"The ESP Journal","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 121-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90015-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89994774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The ESP JournalPub Date : 1985-01-01Epub Date: 2002-08-28DOI: 10.1016/0272-2380(85)90018-6
Susan Lewis English
{"title":"Kinesics in academic lectures","authors":"Susan Lewis English","doi":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90018-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90018-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nonverbal behaviors have been shown to be learned, meaningful, systematic, and sometimes culture-bound. Kinesics, the science of body behavioral communication, has been a neglected factor in second language instruction and research, particularly in the important area of academic listening. This paper provides a model for future materials development, teaching methodology, testing, and research in this largely uncharted area. A study was conducted to investigate the effect of training in nonverbal and verbal cue identification on notetaking and listening comprehension by 100 Chinese graduate students. For this purpose videotapes of one American lecturer were used. The results revealed no significant differences between groups. Nonetheless, it is argued that nonnative students in higher education be given access to both unique and redundant information in the nonverbal channel through training in the kinetics of academic lectures.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101229,"journal":{"name":"The ESP Journal","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 161-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90018-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75315446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The ESP JournalPub Date : 1985-01-01Epub Date: 2002-09-11DOI: 10.1016/0272-2380(85)90005-8
Betty Lou Dubois
{"title":"Poster sessions at biomedical meetings: Design and presentation","authors":"Betty Lou Dubois","doi":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90005-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90005-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As an alternative to reading a paper, biomedical scientists can make their first public communication of research results at a professional meeting via a poster. Observation of posters at the 1983 annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology shows that the most effective posters plan spacing, color, and depth to guide the reader through the intended sequence. The informal spoken interaction between poster presenter and passerby, focused on scientific topics, requires a sophisticated grasp of a specific type of conversational interaction, including the ability to comprehend illocutionary force of utterances.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101229,"journal":{"name":"The ESP Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"Pages 37-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90005-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76885826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The ESP JournalPub Date : 1985-01-01DOI: 10.1016/0272-2380(85)90017-4
A. L. Franco
{"title":"Beyond the classroom: Monitoring at industry","authors":"A. L. Franco","doi":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90017-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90017-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101229,"journal":{"name":"The ESP Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"153-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80756062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The ESP JournalPub Date : 1985-01-01DOI: 10.1016/0272-2380(85)90016-2
M. Zughoul, R. Hussein
{"title":"English for Higher Education in the Arab World: A Case Study of Needs Analysis at Yarmouk University.","authors":"M. Zughoul, R. Hussein","doi":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90016-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90016-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101229,"journal":{"name":"The ESP Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"133-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85498004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The ESP JournalPub Date : 1985-01-01Epub Date: 2002-08-28DOI: 10.1016/0272-2380(85)90016-2
Muhammad Raji Zughoul , Riad Fayez Hussein
{"title":"English for higher education in the Arab world: A case study of needs analysis at Yarmouk University","authors":"Muhammad Raji Zughoul , Riad Fayez Hussein","doi":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90016-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90016-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study attempts to explore the needs for English at Yarmouk University in Jordan. For this purpose separate questionnaires for students and faculty were developed, piloted and distributed (Students, <em>N</em>=1147; Faculty, <em>N</em>=90). The questionnaires investigated three major issues: the extent of English language use at the university; perception of the students' language abilities; and perception of English language needs. Results indicate the widespread use of English in most educational settings except for class discussion and student questions in lectures. There is also evidence that students tend to overestimate their abilities in the different language skills, while a more realistic estimate is reflected in the responses of the faculty. Both students and faculty agree on the primary importance of the listening skill; thereafter their opinions tend to diverge. Implications for the teaching situation at Yarmouk and comparable institutions are discussed, and a stronger orientation to ESP advoted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101229,"journal":{"name":"The ESP Journal","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 133-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90016-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89994773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The ESP JournalPub Date : 1985-01-01Epub Date: 2002-09-11DOI: 10.1016/0272-2380(85)90004-6
Donald E. Powers , Charles W. Stansfield
{"title":"Testing the oral English proficiency of foreign nursing graduates","authors":"Donald E. Powers , Charles W. Stansfield","doi":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90004-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0272-2380(85)90004-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The ability to communicate effectively is considered critical to successful performance in numerous occupations, including nursing. Oral proficiency is necessary in some degree, for example, in interacting with medical colleagues and counseling or instructing patients.</p><p>The increasing interest in oral proficiency during the past decade has prompted the development of a limited number of measures to assess this competency. The study reported here was undertaken to provide further validation—and some guidance on the use—of one such test, the Test of Spoken English (TSE), in the evaluation of foreign nursing graduates.</p><p>The results suggest that the TSE reflects to a considerable degree the oral language competencies that practicing professionals view as important, and further that it is possible to establish professionally based standards of proficiency that meet commonly accepted principles of good testing practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101229,"journal":{"name":"The ESP Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"Pages 21-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0272-2380(85)90004-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79503020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}