Distance Learning: A Neglected Mode of Instruction in LSP.

Autor/in	Boyle, Ron
Titel	Distance Learning: A Neglected Mode of Instruction in LSP.
Quelle	(1993), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Audiotape Cassettes; Distance Education; Economics Education; Engineering Education; English for Special Purposes; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Language Skills; Notetaking; Oral Language; Orientation Materials; Videotape Cassettes; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Wirtschaftskunde; Ingenieurausbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerfortbildung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Instruktionstext
Abstract	LSP is an acronym for "Language for Special Purposes." Two distance learning English-for-Special-Purposes (ESP) pilot projects at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) are described to illustrate the type of work to which distance learning might make a contribution. English is the language of instruction at AIT. The first project is a pre-session academic orientation course for postgraduate engineers at AIT. Students are provided with recorded lectures to familiarize them with their professors' speech, transcripts of lectures and note-taking exercises, a selection of recommended readings, sample assignments and of corrected papers, and sample exams. This process also helps professors to become familiar with the students before they arrive at AIT. The second project is a language teaching and teacher training program for English-as-a-Foreign-Language and ESP teachers in Hanoi, where teachers of English are in high demand. The political and economic reforms in Vietnam have resulted in a rapidly-growing amount of investment in the country, but teachers rely heavily on currently-available textbooks and do not have time or resources to use newer materials or methods. An in-service economics course was designed with Birmingham University to provide teachers with videocassettes containing a selection of news programs and documentaries, accompanied by transcripts and exercises. Contains 51 references. (LB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC