Participatory Learning Techniques for Socio-cultural ESP Students.

Autor/in	Domínguez, Roberto Guibert
Titel	Participatory Learning Techniques for Socio-cultural ESP Students.
Quelle	In: The internet TESL journal, 12 (2006) 12 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 1
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Motivation; Soziales Lernen; Methodik; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Hochschule; Erfahrungsbericht; Fachsprache; Kuba
Abstract	The lack of interest in English language courses on the part of learners is a problem that ESP teachers face at the university level. While teaching second year Socio-cultural students at the University of Guantánamo, Cuba, the author realized that they were not so motivated towards the use of English. One way of encouraging them to practice English language skills was to organize the class into small groups to develop some participatory techniques. Through these useful techniques they could practice the contents by using the foreign language in cooperative situations. Cooperative learning experiences also result in positive attitudes toward the subject area and in high levels of self-esteem. The idea of involving learners in participatory techniques really worked and they felt more enthusiastic. Participatory techniques contribute not only to the development of oral expression, but also to the integration of other linguistic skills. As Byrne (1986) stated, students learn better when they develop activities that involve more than one skill. In the article, the authors illustrate three examples of participatory techniques: My Socio-cultural Knowledge, What do I know about Cuban Culture?, and Who Knows Best? (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/3