English for specific purposes in spanish higher education settings: a diagnostic focus on students‟ preliminary language awareness, attitudes and expectations
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English for specific purposes in spanish higher education settings: a diagnostic focus on students‟ preliminary language awareness, attitudes and expectationsAutoria
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2012Editor
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1799-2591Tipus de document
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The present study tries to illustrate and analyse the initial or preliminary level of ‘ESP awareness’
that Spanish students from different scientific degrees have when first joining an ESP course. It also seeks to ... [+]
The present study tries to illustrate and analyse the initial or preliminary level of ‘ESP awareness’
that Spanish students from different scientific degrees have when first joining an ESP course. It also seeks to
examine their motivations, expectations and attitudes towards the subject. By means of an anonymous
questionnaire filled in during the first session of the course, Spanish students from Pharmacy, Biology and
Environmental Sciences degrees reflected on the ESP teaching-learning process. The results obtained have
revealed the (too) many aspects of specialised languages that students are not familiar with and the
preliminary lack, in general, of basic English language knowledge from their disciplines. Presumably, as this
and further studies on the topic will try to corroborate, this may be due to a nearly total lack of exposure to
English language both in their everyday life and in their degrees, something illogical given the lingua franca
status of this language nowadays and thus its importance in the transmission and spreading of scientific
knowledge and results. On the basis of students’ answers and views on the different aspects posed, a series of
conclusions have been drawn and a broad course of action grounded on awareness-raising practices and
students’ attitudes and expectations has been suggested with the aim of overcoming the problems and
inconsistencies brought to light by the questionnaires. Hence, this study is intended to be the first in a series
analysing final performance and thus the evolution experienced. [-]
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Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 417-429, March 2012Drets d'accés
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