Changes in the contemporary world affect the evolution of the foreign language teacher profession, its role and the required competences. In addition to his/her traditional teaching activity, the foreign language teacher must often undertake pre-learning tasks such as designing the curriculum, developing teaching techniques and didactic materials. This is illustrated particularly well with the example of a specialist language teacher. Hence, it is necessary to modify and/or redefine the curricula of language teacher training (including LSP teachers). The aim of the present paper is to reflect on the current role of an LSP teacher and his/her competencies required in the needs analysis process for developing a language training program for professional purposes. Starting from the needs analysis, we will consider the tasks specific for the activity of an LSP teacher and the sources of information which he/she should explore in order to design the curriculum content. We base the present reflection on our professional experience in training French language teachers in Poland.
The job of the teacher of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) requires the ability to teach learners of diverse profiles. Diversity of target groups in training entails diversity of language and learning needs. This paper aims to answer the question: how should LSP teachers be educated so that they can fulfil these needs and expectations? It is suggested that this can be done by preparing and implementing a suitable teaching programme which takes into account the specific character of different educational contexts. The reflections presented here are based on analysis of the Polish educational situation in LSP training. On the basis of these observations, several practice-oriented proposals will be formulated, which could be implemented in the process of language teacher training. Consideration is given, among other issues, to the pedagogical instruction that future LSP teachers need (which depends on the educational context of their future work), the scope of specialist knowledge in the given field that they will find indispensable, and the amount of knowledge of discourse and genre analysis with which they have to be equipped.
Specjalizacje nauczycielskie obecne są w programach kształcenia wszystkich filologii romańskich, a ich celem jest przygotowanie studentów do wykonywania zawodu nauczyciela języka obcego. Programy zajęć w ramach specjalizacji regulowane są stosownym rozporządzeniem ministra i dość sztywno przenoszone do programów kształcenia na poziomie uniwersyteckim. Czy odgórne wytyczne ministerialne uwzględniają wystarczająco docelowy profil i kompetencje nauczyciela języka specjalistycznego? Jak uczelnie wyższe podporządkowują się przepisom prawa w zakresie przygotowania do wykonywania zawodu nauczyciela języka obcego? Celem niniejszego tekstu jest, z jednej strony, przegląd programów specjalizacji nauczycielskiej na wybranych polskich romanistykach pod kątem treści kształcenia przygotowujących do pracy z grupami o potrzebach zawodowych, a z drugiej, odniesienie ich do kompetencji pożądanych w zawodzie nauczyciela języka specjalistycznego.
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All Romance language institutes feature teaching specialisations in order to provide students with foreign language teaching qualifications. The curriculum for these specialisations is subject to ministerial regulations, and as such is quite rigidly transposed onto university programmes. Are the ministerial guidelines adequate for the target profile and competences of the specialist language teacher? How do higher education institutions comply with regulations regarding training foreign language teachers? The aim of the presented article is, on the one hand, to review available teaching specialisation content at selected Romance institutes in Poland in terms of vocational language teaching, and on the other hand to assess the relevance of the programmes for desirable competences of a specialist language teacher.
Building learner autonomy requires effective communication and cooperation between teachers and students with regard to teaching/learning goals and methods. In addition, critical reflection on the progress being made is needed. This paper aims to represent the voices on one side of this dialogue, by investigating the perceptions that Business English students at the University of Economics in Katowice have of the roles which ESP teachers should take. This study into learner autonomy sees the co-responsibility of learners for the outcomes of the teaching/learning process as a significant determinant of the development of autonomy. Besides providing an interesting insight into the needs and expectations of Business English students, the results may contribute to the discussion on the benefits of and problems related to the development of autonomy among young adults in tertiary education.
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