LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Teaching at the Workplace: Does it Boost Learners' ESP Vocabulary Knowledge?

Rahmatollah Soltani

Abstract

The main incentive behind this study was to investigate the effect of teaching ESP courses at the workplace on ESP terminologies promotion. In this respect the question of the current study is as follows: Does teaching ESP courses at the workplace enhance learners' ESP terminologies?

Accordingly, participants of the study that were chemical students were selected from among those who passed general English and English as a pre-requisite courses and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. For their selection a standardized language proficiency test (Intermediate TOEFL Test Practices by Folse, 1997) was administered. In fact, experimental group was taught an ESP course in workplace while for control group this had been done in academic environment. At the termination of the study, the result of the study was compared through t-test. The findings revealed that in workplace ESP, terminologies can be learnt better and this is because they were exposed to ESP vocabulary in real situation.

Introduction

It is obvious for most second or foreign language learners that the acquisition of vocabulary is a fundamental component in all their courses. A good mastery of vocabulary is essential for both ESL and EFL learners, especially for those who seek to learn English for specific purposes. According to Nation and Coxhead (2001), it is wise to direct vocabulary learning to more specialized areas when learners have mastered the 2000-3000 words useful in general situations in English. In order to have easy access to specialized uses of vocabulary, learners need to learn specialized vocabulary and their use. Language learning should not be limited to only textbook and classroom activities. It is believed that language acquisition would be most effectively facilitated if it could be embedded with the learners’ field of study or work. In the context of ESP, students need to practice using the vocabulary of their chosen field of study and this can best happen at the workplace.

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Rahmatollah Soltani
Department of English
Mahshahr Branch
Islamic Azad University
Mahshahr
Iran r.soltani@mahshahriau.ac.ir
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