Technology in Support of Developing Speaking Skills in ESP Courses
Technology in Support of Developing Speaking Skills in ESP Courses
Author(s): Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich, Agnieszka DudzikSubject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: technology; speaking; oral communication; speaking skills; ESP;
Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, when face-to-face human interactions are restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students have fewer opportunities to put their oral communicative abilities to the test. Under these circumstances, technology becomes an ally of both teachers and learners. While synchronous tools enable students to communicate with one another in real time, asynchronous tools allow them, among others, to record their utterances for review and self-evaluation. This paper aims to indicate which technological solutions could help teachers increase learners’ oral production in the ESP classroom (with particular emphasis on Medical and Business English) and which ones could help students improve their speaking skills independently.
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 45/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 57-69
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English