LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND SUSTAINED SILENT READING. A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE MILLENNIAL STUDENTS
LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND SUSTAINED SILENT READING. A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE MILLENNIAL STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: The teaching-learning process of languages for specific purposes has undergone aparadigm shift as the new generations of students are digital natives, using the new technologies allthe time. In our paper, we present the profile and attributes of the new students, we introduce theconcept of new pedagogy and its requirements and we present the innovative project of SustainedSilent Reading (SSR) run with the first-year students in a language for specific purposes course. Ouraim was to encourage our students to read in a foreign language and to rewire them for an activitywhich develops their specialised knowledge, language and critical thinking skills, while striking abalance between their daily habits, which involve browsing, clicking from one digital space to anotherand scanning pages and sites, and carefully reading and analysing content.

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