English for Occupational Purposes

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Almut Koester
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1142
Author(s):  
Qing Xie

This article reports an investigative case study of an English for occupational purposes course in the Chinese university context which aims to help students attain a level of communicative competence suitable for the globalized workplace. Methods of document analysis, semi-structured student focus group interview and survey with 21 participants, participant observation and teacher reflectionare used to examine the possible outcomes of communicative competence development and the influencing factors. The results are analyzed based on a synthesized course analysis framework which record positive learning outcomes and success factors including helpful training methods and activities, learning materials tailoring, teacher’s relevant background and experience, learners’ strong motivations and clear learning objectives. Constraint factors include limitations in course time and length, learning environment, English co-curricular activities and learners’ lack of practical experiences. Pathway to enhance teaching effectiveness is proposed to promote English teaching reform in both China and the world.


Author(s):  
Bokja Cho

Role-play is commonly regarded as a useful activity for developing oral skills (Livingstone 1983; Maley 1987; Magos and Politi 2008). However, there is little research on different types of role-play and on its use in English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) contexts, which is what the present study seeks to redress. This study reports on research investigating the effectiveness of two types of role-play, SSRP (Semi-scripted Role-play) and SSRP-NSRP (Semi-scripted Role-play followed by Non-scripted Role-play), in the teaching of Tourism English (TE) at a university in Korea. The study used an action research approach (Kemmis and McTaggart 1988) with the aim to improve TE learners' oral skills. In Study I students practised SSRP, while in Study II they engaged in SSRP-NSRP. The results of a two-way statistical test (ANOVA) show that there is a significant difference between the means of the pretests and post-tests of both Studies I and II.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Gusti Ayu Putu Ari Utami ◽  
Nyoman Adi Jaya Putra ◽  
Dewa Putu Ramendra

This study aimed at describing the English for Food and beverage service materials needed by students of SMK SMSR Ubud, describing how the materials were developed, and analysing the quality of the developed materials. This study used research and development model suggested by (Richey and Klein, 2007) comprising design, development and evaluation. The instruments used were questionnaires, interview guides, document analysis, and checklist. The findings of this study show that there were 7 topics needed to be developed included Preparing restaurant area, preparing and set up table, greet the guest, taking order, serving food, closing restaurant area, and non-alcoholic beverage. The materials were designed by following the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) material design suggested by Hutchinson and Waters (1987) involving input, content focus, language focus and task. Since English for food and beverage is part of ESP that is under English for Occupational Purposes, the effectiveness of the developed materials was evaluated using the criteria of good ESP materials suggested by Litz (2005), Hutchinson and Waters (2008), and Tomlinson (2009). After gaining the scores from the expert judges, the data then used the categorization of good teaching materials proposed by Nurkancana and Sunartana (2011). The quality of the developed materials was categorized as good material. Thus, it can be used as a main source for learning English Food and beverage service at SMK SMSR Ubud.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Emrah Ekmekçi

<p>Rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in recent years have inevitably affected the nature of learning and teaching process in general. As a result of this, teachers have been constantly seeking innovative and alternative ways of teaching in all educational settings as well as in the domain of foreign language learning and teaching. However, there still exist teachers who do not feel pedagogically and technically competent enough to integrate ICT into learning process. There is no doubt that it is of great importance to decide how and when to use technology in pedagogically principled way. The book   <em>Integrating Information and Communication Technologies in English for Specific Purposes </em>is for readers and educators who seek pedagogically appropriate ways of integrating technology in the practice of English for specific purposes (ESP), English for academic purposes (EAP), and English for occupational purposes (EOP).</p>


Author(s):  
Priscilla Shak ◽  
John Read

The Malaysian Education Blueprint (MEB) 2015-2025 has set in motion efforts from all stages of education to align programs, courses, and syllabuses to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) benchmark. This exercise has brought on major revamps in all aspects of English language education in the nation. This study will present such an undertaking in a public university in Malaysia and detail how the language criteria for an oral group test of an English for Occupational Purposes course have been aligned to the stipulated CEFR level. The actual assessment task involved groups of four or five students conducting a meeting of their established company. Data for the study came from an analysis of the audio recordings of nine group meetings, along with post-assessment interviews and focus group discussions involving three EOP instructors. Based on the data analysis, this study recommends a revised set of language criteria for the assessment. Furthermore, it demonstrates how an alignment of the scoring criteria with the descriptors of the targeted CEFR scale can be achieved through a systematic comparison of the language functions (LFs) produced in the meeting task to the targeted CEFR descriptor scales. The revised language component for the meeting assessment could help ease instructors’ assessment of students interactional skills and allow them to gauge better their students’ attainment of the skills required in a formal meeting context.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Ratmo Ratmo ◽  
Tutut Sumartini

Globalization brings new challenges for education and training program as it demands new skills, awareness, approaches, and training. This demands medical personnel to serve clients who come from other countries around the world with effective English communication skill. In a more specific purpose in a job setting, an employee will need specific English related to his job description. As far as medical profession is concerned, medical personnel need English language in their professional settings. The demand for English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) grows proportionally to the universal demand for employees, who can function in English, in their fields of specialization. It therefore demands medical personnel to acquire English competences to meet with their desired level of English proficiency skills. What English competences are needed and whether they need English training program will determine the urgency needs analysis on the medical personnel English communication skills. This study is aimed at investigating the communicative needs of medical personnel at professional level in survey-based research. The data were collected, analyzed and interpreted qualitatively by administering observational notes, interview, and questionnaire among medical representatives. Further, this study is expected to gain beneficial outputs such as research report, proceeding after having been presented in national or international conference, and could be further developed into learning module for training program.


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