The Teaching of ESP Lexis Revisited: The Effect of Authentic Text Adaptation on Vocabulary Retention

Elkasović, Selma; Čolakovac, Jasmina Jelčić

doi:10.18485/esptoday.2023.11.1.4

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“…As an ESP subject, the materials were taken from authentic materials. Blagojević (2013);Cañado & Esteban (2015); Nădrag, & Buzarna-Tihenea (2017). Therefore, the materials were taken from Islamic writing such as books, journal, etc.…”

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Developing Islamic-Based Instructional Materials for Teaching Reading at Islamic Higher Education

Muhsinin¹,

Assapari²

2023

VELES

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This is an educational Research and Development (R and D) aimed at developing Islamic-based reading instructional materials for students of Islamic Education Department. The phases of the research were simplified into three phases: the exploration phase, the model development phase, and the model testing phase. In the exploration phase, an evaluation was conducted to describe the existence and quality of the present reading materials. During the model development phase, a draft of Islamic-based reading instructional materials was designed and revised based on the inputs from FGD and expert evaluators. Try out of the draft model was also conducted in this phase. In the model testing phase, the draft was experimentally tested to see the effectiveness of the product in developing the students’ reading comprehension. This research revealed that the present reading materials did not accommodate the learners needs to learn English using Islamic materials. Therefore, the new reading materials in the forms of Islamic-based reading instructional materials need to be developed. The experimental research proved that the students taught using the designed Islamic-based reading instructional materials performed better in reading comprehension test compared to the students who were taught using the materials taken from the present reading materials. The results of the test indicated that the mean scores of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group. This difference was analyzed statistically using t-test to interpret the difference. The analysis revealed that the Sig. (2-tailed) was .021 which was smaller than the level of significance scores .05 (.012 .05). This statistically indicated that the different mean scores between the experimental and the control groups were the result of the different treatment given to the two groups. Thus, the use of Islamic-based reading materials influenced the reading comprehension achievement of the students.

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Developing Islamic-Based Instructional Materials for Teaching Reading at Islamic Higher Education

Muhsinin¹,

Assapari²

2023

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“…When compared to studies like (Abidah et al, 2023;Cheraghi & Motaharinejad, 2023;Elkasović & Čolakovac, 2023), our research stands out for its custom demonstration approach that was applied to ESP in fashion design, especially scrunchiemaking. It gives pupils a practical framework in which to use the knowledge and abilities they have learned.…”

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Is Demonstration Effective In Teaching ESP Procedure Text? A Qualitative Study: How to Make a Scrunchie

Badriyah,

Hartiningsih,

Sabilah

2023

VELES

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Teaching procedural texts in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) can be challenging, often viewed as abstract and unrelated to real-world applications, especially in niche sectors like fashion design. This can hinder English language skill development within such industries. Addressing this, our study evaluates the effectiveness of demonstrations in teaching ESP procedural texts, specifically the crafting of scrunchies. Using a descriptive qualitative method, we identify the merits of demonstrations. Our results show that students not only understand but can also apply the procedural knowledge effectively, as evidenced by their successful creation of scrunchies. Enhanced engagement and participation levels during the learning process further validate the efficacy of the demonstration approach. These insights are pivotal for educators looking to refine their teaching techniques in ESP scenarios that require a balance between theoretical grasp and practical execution.

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“…In spite of the large amount of studies concerned with the design and implementation of data-driven learning (DDL) methodologies (Aston, 1997;Boulton, 2010;Chen & Flowerdew, 2018;Clerehan et al, 2003;Hadley, 2002;Pérez-Paredes et al, 2012;Todd, 2001;Argyroulis, 2022;Elkasović & Jelčić Čolakovac, 2023;Karpenko-Seccombe, 2018;Soto-Almela, 2024), focused both on the general and specialised fields of language, the number of these devoted to the area of business English is quite reduced (Curado Fuentes, 2002;Flowerdew, 2012;Hiltunen & Mäkinen, 2014;Parizoska & Rajh, 2017;Shi, 2013;Someya, 2000;Xia et al, 2023), which also applies to the amount of corpora available within this field. In addition, meta-analyses like Boulton and Cobb's (2017), Ueno and Takeuchi (2023) or Lee et al (2019) also signal the scarceness of studies focused on the interaction between DDL and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in general.…”

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DDL Learning in ESP Teaching: An Exploratory Study on Multi-Word Unit Usage in Business Letters

Marín-Pérez,

Aguado Jiménez

2024

ESP Today

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The present research explores the potential benefits that corpus-based instruction might have on the acquisition and usage of multi-word units (MWUs) in business English. To that end, a data-driven learning (DDL) methodology was designed and implemented to teach such units to a group of 55 informants divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group was taught about the usage of MWUs in business letter writing through the exposure and management of an ad hoc corpus of such expressions, while the control group went through the traditional sessions designed to that purpose. The comparison between the pre-and post-test results suggests that the experimental group excelled the control one in the proportion of correct MWUs used in their letters (48.19% of the units retrieved against 20.15%, respectively). On a qualitative level, the variety of MWUs used by the former was also greater, covering a larger number of functional categories than the control group, where we found almost 3/4 of the expressions falling under one single category. Finally, non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was also run on the data related to individual achievement, pointing at the statistical significance (p≤0.001 for both groups) of the differences found on a global level and supporting our perception on the benefits of corpus-based instruction.

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The Teaching of ESP Lexis Revisited: The Effect of Authentic Text Adaptation on Vocabulary Retention

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Developing Islamic-Based Instructional Materials for Teaching Reading at Islamic Higher Education

Developing Islamic-Based Instructional Materials for Teaching Reading at Islamic Higher Education

Is Demonstration Effective In Teaching ESP Procedure Text? A Qualitative Study: How to Make a Scrunchie

DDL Learning in ESP Teaching: An Exploratory Study on Multi-Word Unit Usage in Business Letters

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