Choosing specialized vocabulary to teach with data-driven learning: An example from civil engineering

Otto, Philippa

doi:10.1016/j.esp.2020.08.003

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“…He applied his system to the field of civil engineering and found it to be generally effective in recognizing 18 words prevalent in civil engineering writing. In the process, he discussed one disadvantage of the system and discussed two valuable advantages: revealing the role of words in civil engineering discourse and identifying nonengineering words that were easily ignored by lecturers [5]. Gráf reported the results of an empirical study that identified repetition as one of the markers of poor fluency in advanced English learners and contributed to research on L2 fluency.…”

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Exploration and Practice of the Acquisition Path of Spoken English for Special Purposes with the Blockchain Technology

Ruan

2022

Mobile Information Systems

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With the increasing trend of globalization, English, as the most widely used language in the world, has become a subject that many people must learn. English for special purposes is mainly applied to some specialized occupations or English in specific professional skill fields. Due to the increasing national demand for professional compound talents, the status of English for special purposes is also getting higher and higher. However, there are still many problems in the curriculum setting of English for special purposes, for example, outdated teaching mode, lack of oral language skills training, lack of students’ ability to cope with actual situations, weak teaching awareness of teachers, and lack of analysis of students’ needs for English for special purposes, resulting in poor students’ enthusiasm for learning and so on. With the support of blockchain technology, combined with consensus algorithm, hash function algorithm, and smart contract, this paper analyzes English for special purposes, establishes an ESP management system and a corpus of spoken English for special purposes, and analyzes the integrity of the corpus data. The test found that when the number of error data blocks is 10, the total number of damaged data blocks and verification accuracy data blocks is about 4% in order to achieve 99% accuracy. Therefore, the integrity of the system is higher when the damage ratio is lower. The system integrity test finds that, with the number of wrong data being larger, when the wrong data block is at 100, 50% of the data blocks of the system integrity are about 1%. The database is complete, which is more helpful for students to study systematically.

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Exploration and Practice of the Acquisition Path of Spoken English for Special Purposes with the Blockchain Technology

Ruan

2022

Mobile Information Systems

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“…Aside from that, many studies investigated the pedagogical impacts of ESP vocabulary for undergraduates [5,9,21,26,27]. These studies reported that undergraduates performed better in English language learning because of specific vocabularies.…”

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“…For instance, learning medical words in English requires specific vocabulary, which might not be part of common ESL. Despite learning ESL since a young age, most learners still face difficulties grasping the language [9,10], even more so for ESP learning. Irrefutably, ESP has been regarded as an essential branch in teaching and learning the English language because different contexts require different mastery of the language.…”

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Sustaining Education with Mobile Learning for English for Specific Purposes (ESP): A Systematic Review (2012–2021)

2021

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Mobile learning for English Language Teaching (ELT) has become an emerging trend to sustain education, providing the option to learn English for Specific Purposes (ESP). However, the review of mobile learning in ESP is scarce, despite its importance in sustaining education. Thus, this review systematically identifies the trends of mobile learning concerning ESP. Using three databases, namely Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC), 28 articles were extracted out of 139, from 2012 to 2021, with exclusion and inclusion criteria taken into consideration. First, the significant findings portrayed that mobile apps are the most commonly used means of mobile learning. Second, vocabulary and language competency is more emphasised in mobile learning for ESP. Third, mobile learning in ESP mostly dominated the business field of studies. These three findings implied that there are still gaps in research on mobile learning and ESP. Generally, this review is valuable for practitioners to know which mobile learning tool is ready to be used and in identifying gaps for research in mobile learning and ESP, to sustain education for the future.

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“…Second language learners are facing challenges and difficulties in learning the English language, even though they have learned the language at a young age [22][23][24]. Lack of proficiency in the English language among ESL learners caused problems for them in obtaining jobs in organizations [25][26][27].…”

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Blended Learning Strategies for Sustainable English as a Second Language Education: A Systematic Review

2022

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Blended learning in English as a Second Language (ESL) has become a growing trend in sustaining education at higher learning institutions. The impact of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 on education has made the integration of technology vital in the teaching and learning dyad. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed even more emphasis on the incorporation of technology in ESL pedagogy. Nevertheless, the reviews on blended learning in ESL are inadequate despite its great significance in sustaining education. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) were adopted for reviewing current studies, and two core journal databases, namely Scopus and Web of Science, with two supporting databases (Science Direct and Mendeley) were utilized. A total of 32 articles were identified through a systematic search of “blended learning” OR “blended education” OR “blended courses” OR “integrated learning” AND “strategies” OR “techniques” OR “applications” OR “methods” AND “ESL” OR “English as a Second Language.” Four main themes emerged from this review, namely collaborative-based learning, learning management systems, social media applications, and technology-based learning. Finally, several recommendations were presented at the end of this research that should be the focus of future studies.

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Choosing specialized vocabulary to teach with data-driven learning: An example from civil engineering

Cited by 26 publications

References 29 publications

Exploration and Practice of the Acquisition Path of Spoken English for Special Purposes with the Blockchain Technology

Exploration and Practice of the Acquisition Path of Spoken English for Special Purposes with the Blockchain Technology

Sustaining Education with Mobile Learning for English for Specific Purposes (ESP): A Systematic Review (2012–2021)

Blended Learning Strategies for Sustainable English as a Second Language Education: A Systematic Review

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