Are we truly in the Information Age with EAP/ESP course books? Irina Shchemeleva Higher School of Economics Saint-Petersburg XVII NATE – Russia International.

Are we truly in the Information Age with

EAP/ESP course books?

Irina Shchemeleva

Higher School of Economics

Saint-PetersburgXVII NATE – Russia International Annual Conference

NEW TIMES – NEW SONGS: ELT AFTER 2010

Kaliningrad June 28-30, 2011

“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

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).

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)

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

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).

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.

Materials containing Internet-based activities

less than 40% (10 out of 26 books).

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

“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

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

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 :

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