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Are we truly in the Information Age with EAP/ESP course books?

Are we truly in the Information Age with EAP/ESP course books?. Irina Shchemeleva Higher School of Economics Saint-Petersburg XVII NATE – Russia International Annual Conference NEW TIMES – NEW SONGS: ELT AFTER 2010 Kaliningrad June 28-30, 2011. “Homo Sapience Digital” (Prenski, 2010).

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Are we truly in the Information Age with EAP/ESP course books?

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  1. Are we truly in the Information Age with EAP/ESP course books? Irina Shchemeleva Higher School of Economics Saint-Petersburg XVII NATE – Russia International Annual Conference NEW TIMES – NEW SONGS: ELT AFTER 2010 Kaliningrad June 28-30, 2011

  2. “Homo Sapience Digital” (Prenski, 2010) “ … it is no longer a matter of how to incorporate technology, but rather how to adapt LSP practice to a context of constant technological changes” Arnó et al. 2006:257

  3. ICT literacies “using digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society” (Digital transformation 2002: 4).

  4. ICT literacies to define information (i.e.understand and articulate the scope of an information problem in order to facilitate the electronic search for information) to communicate information (disseminate information tailored to a particular audience in an effective digital format)

  5. iSkills test http://www.ets.org/iskills

  6. ESP/EAP course books analysis “Despite the fact that textbook publishers expend significant effort to include computer-based ancillaries with many of their products, many teachers still rely primarily on the textbook alone” (Bush, 2008: 443).

  7. The criteria • Recent date of publication – year 2005 and later • ESP or EAP focus • Level of the target audience’s English language proficiency pre-intermediate and above.

  8. Materials containing Internet-based activities less than 40% (10 out of 26 books).

  9. The purpose of Internet use • Training students to search for and evaluate information for study or research purposes • Developing other English language skills • Advancing integrated skills development

  10. “No-Internet” course books • those that do not include Internet-based tasks, but they do include activities where the Internet could be used • those that do not have such tasks and cannot have them within the methodological approach adopted by the authors

  11. ESP/EAP course books selected International Publications • Allison, J. & Towned, J. (2008) The Business. Upper-Intermediate. Macmillan • Barrett, B. & Shama, P. (2010). Networking in English. Informal communication in business. Macmillan • Corballis, T. & Jennings, W. (2009). English for management studies in higher education studies. Garnet education • Helm, S. & Utteridge, R. (2010). Markel Leader. Human Resources.Person Longman • Helm, S. (2010) Market Leader. Accounting and Finance. Person Longman • Jacob, M. & Strutt, P. (2010). English for International Tourism. (16th ed.) Longman. • Jones, L. (2005). Welcome!English for the travel and tourism industry. (2nd ed.) CUP • Krois-Lindner, A. & Firth, M. (2008). Introduction to International Legal English, CUP • McKey, W. R. & Charlton, H. E. (2005). Legal English. How to understand and master the language of law. Pearson Longman • O’Driscoll, N.(2010). Market Leader. Marketing. Person Longman • Pilbeam, A. & O’Driscoll, N. (2010). Market Leader. Logistics Management. Person Longman • Riley, A. (2006) English for Law.Longman professional English (6th ed.) Longman • Robinson, N. (2010) Cambridge English for Marketing. CUP • Widdowson, A. R. (2010) Market leader. Business law. Pearson Longman • Walenn, J. (2009)English for law in higher education studies. Garnet education

  12. Books by Russian Authors • Agabekyan, I. P. & Kovalenko, P. I. (2011). English students of engineering. Moscow: Phenix • Agabekyan, I. P., Kovalenko, P. I & Kudryashova Yu. A. (2010) English for students of economics. Moscow: Prospect, 2010 • Alekseeva, S. A. & Skurova, A. V. (2010). English: Stock-Market. Moscow: MGIMO-University • Artamonova, L. S. English for Professional Communication in Law. Problem Solving. Moscow : Unity-Dana • Avdeeva, E. A. & Kuznetsova, L. B. (2006) PR.COM (High intermediate). St. Petersburg • Bobyleva, S. V. & Zhatkin, D. N. (2008). English for students of ecology and biotechnology. Moscow: Flinta • Iliadi, Yu. A. (2010). English for lawyers. Moscow: Prospect • Koroleva, N. E.Barsegyan, E. Z. & Serbinovskaya, A. M. (2009). English for tourism. Moscow: Phenix • Muraveyskaya, M. S. & Orlova L. K. (2010). English for students of medicine. 10th ed. Moscow : Flinta – Nauka • Veselovskaya, N. G. (2009). English: Land and Cadastres. Moscow: Academia • Zhdanova, I. F. & Skvortsova, M. V. (2010). Manual on Accounting. Moscow : Omega-L

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