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This paper presents a critical stance in the face of the technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) hype in higher education (HE). This hype, largely driven by institutional – instrumental and financial – imperatives has come under increasing [...]![]()
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This paper presents an analysis of the learning process of the features of tense and agreement in the interlanguage system of L1 Spanish speakers learning L2 English. This study uses a statistically significant sample of the student population i[...]![]()
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Although gambling has a long tradition and evidence of its practice can be found even in antiquity, the game of poker – initially associated with US casinos – consolidated its present form and spread all over the world only in the 20thcentury. T[...]![]()
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The Problem-Solution pattern has been widely considered a key discourse- organizing resource in technical discourse (Hoey, 1983, 2001). This paper aims at exploring the role of the pattern in a corpus of construction engineering textbooks. The p[...]![]()
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Though intercultural competence (ICC), community service learning (CSL), languages for specific purposes (LSP), and heritage learners (HLs) have respectively received increasing attention by language scholars within the previous twenty years, mu[...]![]()
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Language instructors who adopt the role of materials writers in order to provide their students with more accurate tailor-made learning resources usually start by closely examining their learners’ needs and demands, as well as the distinctive fe[...]![]()
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Larrea-Espinar, Ángela ; Raigón-Rodríguez, Antonio | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 2019-12-04The cultural content of textbooks has become an important issue since the main goal of teaching English as a foreign language has shifted from communicative competence to intercultural citizenship. This paper reviews the trends in teaching cultu[...]![]()
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This paper provides a brief overview of the dijferent phases of development undergone by the ESP/EST move- ment since its beginnings in the 1960s. The aim of the survey is twofold: on the one hand the main approaches to ESP/EST will be identifie[...]![]()
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Nowadays we live in an intercultural society and this should imply a revision of the language learning approach. Since a good level of linguistic competence does not guarantee successful communication, many scholars have turned to intercultural [...]![]()
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In this article I present research on different forms of concept representation in specialized aeronautical documents. I have isolated a sample of concepts in Spanish documents addressed to fighter aircraft mechanics in the area of fighter aircr[...]![]()
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Xhaferi, Brikena ; Xhaferi, Gezim ; Xhaferi, Gezim | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 2011-11-27English for specific purposes (ESP) is considered as a new trend in English Language Teaching. It is our belief that ESP courses help students become more proficient in their field of study. The present study was done during academic year 2009/2[...]![]()
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Martí Ferriol, José Luis ; Martí Marco, Ma Rosario | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 2016-12-25This article describes a teaching experience carried out in the lectures of language for translators in the Degree of Translation and Interpreting at the Universidad de Alicante during the courses 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. The practice of bot[...]![]()
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The present paper aims at presenting a new sub-corpus of the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing. The corpus is a compilation of scientific texts published between 1700 and 1900 and has been compiled by strictly observing some principles[...]![]()
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A pesar de la creencia generalizada de que el lenguaje utilizado por ingenieros y arquitectos para crear, describir y divulgar sus obras es exclusivo de esta especia- lidad y completamente ajena a la de otras disciplinas, en este artículo se [...]![]()
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This research investigates the ways of implementing dual-language programs and the schools’ internal procedures of evaluating them. Previous studies have examined the effectiveness of bilingual programs (Genovesee et al. 2005; Howard et al. 2005[...]![]()
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The objective of this paper is, on the one hand, to present and highlight the importance of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in the use of academic English within a scientific environment and, on the other, to provide insights into u[...]![]()
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