Getting Closer to Authenticity in the Course of Technical English: Task-Based Instruction and TED Talks

Autor/in	García-Pinar, Aránzazu
Titel	Getting Closer to Authenticity in the Course of Technical English: Task-Based Instruction and TED Talks
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 12 (2019) 11, S.10-22 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Speeches; Teaching Methods; Task Analysis; Undergraduate Students; Engineering Education; Work Environment; Course Descriptions; English for Special Purposes; Authentic Learning; Speech Communication; Language Styles; Student Motivation; Learning Motivation; Linguistic Input + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aufgabenanalyse; Ingenieurausbildung; Arbeitsmilieu; Kursstrukturplan; Sprachstil; Schulische Motivation; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Sprachbildung
Abstract	Authentic materials, if appropriate to the learning situation, might turn the classroom environment into a more engaging place, where motivation might be generated through the performance of meaningful tasks. This article describes how a Text-Based Instruction approach can provide the basis for the design of an ESP syllabus based on relevant, varied and engaging tasks to enhance authentic language use among engineering undergraduates. The design of these tasks mainly draws on TED Talks that are specifically technological and connected to engineering undergraduates, as the talks develop novel and thought-provoking ideas which are interesting and personally meaningful and relate to different engineering fields. These tasks are specially designed to enable students to carry out a process of talk deconstruction through the analysis of distinct discourse and linguistic features specific to the spoken genre of TED Talks. This analysis ultimately aims at the eventual construction of students' oral presentations. Oral presentations can be conceived as an activity that approximates the real world and future workplace of engineering undergraduates, and in consequence, promotes students' instrumental motivation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01