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Deciphering Challenges of Teaching English for Specific Purposes to Medical Students: Needs, Lacks, Students' Preferences, and Efficacy of the Courses [PDF]

Teaching English Language, 2020
This study set out to examine the main challenges of teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) to medical students regarding their current foreign language needs, lacks, and preferences.
Sadegh Khalili, Mohammad Hassan Tahririan   +1 more
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Lived Experiences of Iranian Archivists in a Phenomenological Study of a Multimedia-assisted Task-based ESP Course [PDF]

Research in English Language Pedagogy, 2023
This study investigated the effects of implementing multimedia on the lived experiences of Iranian archivists in an ESP course for Archival Science in Iran. The participants consisted of 23 archivists working in the National Library and Archives of Iran.
Zahra Zarghami, Roya Khoii
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Investigating the challenges of Iranian ESP teachers at medical schools: The role of video presentation on subject related critical incidents

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2023
English for Specific Purposes has become increasingly popular in college English courses in recent years, posing a significant challenge for all English teachers. As a result, it is critical to investigate the challenges that ESP teachers face.
Zahra Cheraghi, Atieh Motaharinejad
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On the correlation between problem-solving skills and online information-seeking behavior of English for specific purposes students [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Individuals’ information-seeking behaviors differ, depending on whether they perceive themselves as effective problem-solvers or not. As such, the present study examined the relationship between problem solving skill and online information ...
Farshad Parhamnia, Majid Farahian
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Academic ESP Courses in a Hybrid Mode: Attitudes and Perceptions [PDF]

English Studies at NBU
Developing academic ESP courses in a hybrid mode has come to the forefront of the educational agenda due to social and economic reasons: technological advance followed by the emergence of new communication, business and education technologies; new ...
Albena Stefanova
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Project-Based Learning in ESP. Case Study in Economic Sciences [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2023
This paper deals with the advantages brought by Project-Based Learning (PBL) in the ESP courses and seminars. The first two sections tackle several theoretical elements related to the topic (definition of PBL, main features and advantages); the next ...
Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Galbeaza) , Lavinia Nadrag   +1 more
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DEVELOPING A HYBRID DIDACTIC COURSE IN ESP

Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 2022
This paper proposes a hybrid didactic ESP course, which comprises Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom and Project Based Learning with adequate activities. The paper shows that most of the proposed activities stipulate a high fulfilment indicator, and a correlation between a proper selection of didactic materials and the degree of students´ achievement ...
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Needs Analysis for Maritime ESP Courses of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) [PDF]

Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2022
Limiting the scope of Maritime English (ME) courses to nautical subject matters, due to the conventional views who define ME as the global language used at sea, may not be based on a real needs analysis of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses in ...
Mohammad Akbar Raeisi, Mansoor Ganji, Ali Beikian, Nahid Yarahmadzehi   +3 more
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CREATIVE WRITING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS – AN ESP CHALLENGE FOR CREATIVITY [PDF]

Social Sciences and Education Research Review
Creativity is the process of giving birth to new things, ideas, and solutions which may not necessarily have existed before. Writing in English is mainly significant for improving creative and critical thinking skills. Some medical students, for example,
OANA BADEA
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Developing Business ESP Courses [PDF]

The CATESOL Journal, 2007
In today’s current climate of international business expansion, traditional language institutes frequently have the opportunity to serve a growing language-learner population: nonnative English speakers working in local international companies. In this paper, we examine a university-based English language program’s experience in providing business ...
Trinh, Rebekah Ranew, Hawkins, Melissa Williamson   +1 more
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