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This article aims to examine and make recommendations to the initial assessment procedures in Adult Education context in the United Kingdom. Teachers and learners are constantly making opinions about their development, and formative assessment is one of the tools used to recognise it. In Adult Education, in addition to formative assessment, learners are expected to undergo initial assessment, testing their level of knowledge/abilities in Language, Literacy or Numeracy. Within the Adult Education context, there are several initial assessment methods available. However, it is the providers who decide which methods are most appropriate for their learners, as different methods may be appropriate in different areas. This research project focuses on an Adult Education provider based in the Midlands, United Kingdom, and offers findings that test and sometimes refute the current theory about initial assessment. Two research methods were employed to achieve the aim and objectives. Firstly, secondary data was researched. Secondly, the qualitative primary data was collected using in-depth focus groups. The research included both practitioners and learners who either conducted or experienced needs analysis processes in the adult learning context. The findings and recommendations of this article propose the use of a more ethical and reliable way of conducting initial assessment in the Adult and Community Learning context.
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Aim. The aim of this article was to analyse relevant literature as well as financial services sector professionals’ expectations on future sustainability competence needs among vocational business graduates as part of an ideation process to design an open online course within the project “Sustainability in Finance – SuFi” (2020-2022). Methods. The online mixed-method survey was elaborated using Google Forms and Webropol and distributed via email among finance services industry professionals in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, and Aland Islands. In total, 221 responses were obtained. The qualitative and quantitative data analysis was performed using NVivo and SPSS. Results. Qualitative data analysis revealed that the conceptual knowledge of business graduates was the most frequently mentioned category, followed by procedural knowledge. Among the key competencies in sustainability, the most necessary was intra-personal competence, followed by inter-personal competence. Quantitative data analysis revealed that the top three sustainable finance competencies in demand within respondents’ organisations were: to understand relevant driving sustainable forces, to think and operate with a long-term perspective, and to communicate sustainable financial information in a meaningful way. Conclusion. In the Baltic Region’s finance sector, there is a need for a more holistic view for understanding the market as part of society as a whole and also the meaning of understanding long-term horizons. The competencies that financial services sector professionals found important for vocational business graduates in future work were used as an input for elaborating vocational business education study courses.
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According to the regulations of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, university graduates should have to know a foreign language at B2 level, as described in The Common European Framework of Reference, and they should know its specialized variety. These are the only recommendations concerning general language courses and their specialized varieties. It is up to schools of foreign languages or other institutions providing language courses for institutions of higher education to determine requirements concerning language for specific purposes. However, students are rarely asked to contribute to the development of curricula and syllabi. This article presents the results of a survey conducted among students of Economics and Management at the University of Białystok. The survey was devoted to students’ perceptions of Business English in English courses conducted by the School of Foreign Languages at the University of Białystok. The aim of the survey was to answer the following questions: - what do students of Economics and Management at the University of Białystok believe to be the appropriate proportion of general English to Business English? - when would they like to start learning Business English? - what Business English topics do students find interesting? - how do Economics and Management students use the knowledge and skills gained in Business English classes? The article also presents possible implications of the survey for ESP course designers, and stresses the importance of needs analysis for developing ESP syllabi in the context of Polish tertiary education
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The Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Re- public, offers several fields of studies, one of them being the three-year Bachelor’s degree programme of International Trade Law. This programme includes two semesters of English for specific purposes which the students take in their first year of studies. However, as the programme is offered as a part time study, there are only 10 lessons of English taught within two days per semester. Preparing a course which would develop the students’ language abilities and skills in the international trade law environment appears to be rather challenging under such conditions. In the paper I would like to share the ideas and experience from re- designing the syllabus for this course of English for international trade law. I describe the process from the original syllabus to a new one in which the teaching situation and students’ needs are taken into account. The course in- tends to include both product and process oriented goals and helps to improve general professional needs. In order to cover the field specific vocabulary, language practice and soft skills development within the above mentioned limited time frame, the students need to work both before and after the classes. The course is going to be piloted this year and we expect further modifications after its evaluation.
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The paper presents a study performed in two universities in Poland and Romania. It aimed to identify learners’ needs and difficulties when learning ESP, and also what common needs students in the two universities have, in spite of the fact that they study different branches of ESP–English for Economics and Medical English, respectively. For this purpose, we designed a questionnaire containing 14 open and closed questions. The participants in the study were 100 students at the Koszalin University of Technology in Poland and 100 students from the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The results of the study showed that, in spite of their different fields of training, there were many similarities between the responses of the students, but also certain differences that derived mostly from the different background and specific language needs of learners. Therefore, we may conclude that university students who study sciences, in particular Business and Medicine, might have certain similar needs when learning Professional English. Moreover, being aware of the students’ needs and difficulties, as revealed in the present study, might help their teachers to adjust the sy
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This article presents a comprehensive exploration of a pioneering initiative aimed at equipping Algerian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers with the skills and strategies to become proficient practitioners in the realm of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instruction. The study delves into the outcomes of two international online workshops, each comprising five interactive sessions, conducted via Zoom. These workshops were meticulously designed to empower educators in conducting needs analysis and crafting ESP courses that cater to learners' specific needs. The article sheds light on the structure, content, and outcomes of the workshops, highlighting the transformative impact on teaching practices. The study not only emphasizes the collaborative nature of the workshops but also underscores the significance of tailored teacher training in shaping the trajectory of ESP instruction.
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The fast changing business environment and the ever-growing de- mand facing professional communicators in the 21st century pose new challenges to language learners and teachers alike. Competitive business organizations at- tempt to recruit employees who have excellent linguistic competence coupled with nonlinguistic competences and skills. It is not easy to acquire these addi- tional competences and skills. However, most of them are transferable and can be greatly improved if students are provided with adequate teaching materials and appropriate input from the teacher. The aim of the paper is to address the complexity of ESP teaching today. Firstly, it presents an overview of the changes that have occurred in the practice of teaching ESP in the last few decades. It also sheds some light on the increasing importance of needs analysis. Then it presents new developments in teaching English for professional communication at the ter- tiary level of education. These developments include (1) content-and-language integrated learning, (2) use of didactic case studies, (3) corpus studies con- ducted for teaching purposes and aimed at identifying high-frequency language elements: terms, specialized lexis items, collocations, formulae, acronyms, etc., that need to be prioritized in language courses, (4) more effective course-books with higher terminology indexes, (5) extended use of online materials, (6) teach- ing writing for specialized purposes, and (7) teaching cross-cultural and social skills. The new approach is more challenging for ESP teachers and requires much higher qualifications, such as content knowledge and transferable skills. In order to increase students’ employability and promotion opportunities, we need teaching materials and approaches that help streamline students’ efforts, economize on time, and increase the effectiveness of language courses.
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English for Legal Purposes (ELP) appears to be gaining popularity and acquiring a new dimension in many countries. An increasing number of legal professionals (i.e. law students and legal practitioners) consider their General English satisfactory but desire to learn the language of their professional domain, as they believe it will bring them improved job prospects in the future. There are some aspects of ELP teaching that can be both a hindrance and a challenge for ELP teachers. These include the lack of curricula for teaching Legal English at tertiary level institutions and the restricted number of teaching resources and guidelines with reference to teaching Legal English available on the market. This article draws on the outcomes of a three-year research project, which was undertaken to design, implement, and evaluate an ELP programme for adult professionals. The research project was conducted among 293 legal professionals in Poland and took the form of an action research model - a research tool that is not often exploited by scholars despite its unquestionable value
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In the article we argue for a reconstructive and subject-oriented approach to data collection and analysis in order to reconstruct perspectives of pupils with linguistically and spatially discontinuous school biographies as a basis for needs analysis. The paper takes an in-depth look at a narrative interview with such a pupil using the Documentary Method. Based on the analysed interview passage and with recourse to the praxeologically extended sociocultural theories of SLA, we derive initial implications for schools with pupils with migratory experiences. One crucial assumption is that, in order to create better educational opportunities for children with migratory experiences, school staff need to systematically develop contingency competence. By contingency competence we mean the sensitivity and awareness of the principal openness of human life forms and their diverse possibilities for linguistic, material, and practical expression. Conclusions are drawn on what the required competencies contain and how an inclusive school can be created.
Glottodidactica
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2017
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vol. 44
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issue 2
147-159
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The present paper discusses the importance of needs analysis in ESP. By delving into different theories, the author’s overall objective is to scrutinize a wide spectrum of existing frameworks that would lead to a single, comprehensive model for needs assessment. The impact of the said approaches on course design is underlined with the particular example of Business English. Ultimately, the author unveils a framework which could serve as a basis for syllabus design in all types of ESP courses.
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In the context of recent social changes in Central Europe, the article outlines the need for a change in the traditional syllabi for legal English classes. It deals with needs analysis as one of the most important sources of inspiration in syllabus design. First, needs analysis is situated within the methodology of English for Specific Purposes. Then, the rationale for a needs analysis survey among pre-service students in current legal English courses is presented and, finally, the findings are interpreted with respect to the actual target situations that students are likely to encounter after graduation. The article concludes by pointing out that although pre-service students may have vague ideas about the use of English in their future jobs, course instructors should consider their needs and wants because they are crucial for increasing the students’ motivation. Instructors and course designers should, however, obtain information from professionals and former graduates as well because that will enable them to address the actual target situations most effectively.
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Compared to colleagues teaching foreign languages for general purposes, who can use ready-made syllabuses or programs, the LSP teacher has to reflect on methodology at the level of course planning. The scope and nature of the proposed course content is tailored to the specific needs of a student. The analysis of these needs is based on interviews and questionnaires. There are many examples of such tools, but none of them are universal or exhaustive, nor can they be. The purpose of this article is to propose a set of parameters to facilitate investigation of the educational context, which could be a starting point for the development of question-naires tailored to specific education needs.
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Compared to colleagues teaching foreign languages for general purposes, who can use ready-made syllabuses or programs, the LSP teacher has to reflect on methodology at the level of course planning. The scope and nature of the proposed course content is tailored to the specific needs of a student. The analysis of these needs is based on interviews and questionnaires. There are many examples of such tools, but none of them are universal or exhaustive, nor can they be. The purpose of this article is to propose a set of parameters to facilitate investigation of the educational context, which could be a starting point for the development of questionnaires tailored to specific education needs.
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The objective of the present paper is to discuss pre-course needs analysis and post-course evaluation, and their role in teaching Language for Specific Purposes. Though these two key stages have different aims and perspectives, they should not be treated as separate, linearly-related activities but rather as overlapping and interdependent phases of LSP course design. The repeated needs analysis that is built into the formative evaluation process contributes to making the resultant LSP course more responsive to the needs of the learner group.
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Koncept kultúrnej inteligencie je relatívne nový, avšak ponúka hodnotný prínos aj v cudzojazyčnom vzdelávaní budúcich manažérov. Štúdia definuje pojmy kultúra a kultúrna inteligencia, aby sa vytvoril kontext pre interpretáciu výsledkov dotazníkového prieskumu distribuovaného medzi študentmi v prvom roku magisterského štúdia na Fakulte manažmentu, ekonomiky a obchodu Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove, ktorí navštevovali predmet Aplikovaný cudzí jazyk pre manažérov 2 (anglický). Dotazníkový prieskum bol zostavený tak, aby študenti vyjadrili vlastné presvedčenie ohľadom dôležitosti znalosti kultúrnych špecifík anglicky hovoriacich krajín pre učenie sa anglického jazyka, preukázali znalosť pojmov interkultúrna komunikácia a kultúrna inteligencia a tiež ohodnotili vlastné interkultúrne kompetencie. Výsledky prieskumu ukázali, že zdôraznením interkultúrneho aspektu výučby anglického jazyka sa zvýšilo povedomie študentov o dôležitosti kultúry a aj znalosť vybraných pojmov, avšak zhoršilo sa ich hodnotenie vlastných interkultúrnych kompetencií.
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The concept of cultural intelligence is relatively new but it offers valuable benefits for the foreign language education of future managers. The study defines the terms culture and cultural intelligence in order to create a context for the interpretation of the results of a questionnaire survey distributed among the students of Management in the first year of master’s studies at the Faculty of Management and Business of the University of Prešov in Prešov who attended the course Applied foreign language for managers 2 (English). The questionnaire survey was aimed at expressing students’ own opinion on the importance of knowing the cultural specificities of English-speaking countries for learning English, demonstrating the knowledge of the concepts of intercultural communication and cultural intelligence, and assessing their own intercultural competences. The results of the survey show that emphasizing the intercultural aspect of English language teaching increased students’ awareness of the importance of culture and their knowledge of selected concepts, however, their assessment of their own intercultural competences worsened.
Glottodidactica
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2016
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vol. 43
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issue 2
107-120
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The paper tackles the issue of law-related cinematic and television productions, metaphorically described as reel justice, in the context of teaching Legal English as a foreign language. In the light of current trends in ESP and film pedagogy, an integrated skills teaching approach is presented that attempts to invoke subject-specific, intercultural and language knowledge of Polish learners of Legal English. The core of the paper focuses on different film-based tasks, exploiting the American series Boston Legal as a didactic material. The paper concludes with recommendations for further research.
Neofilolog
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2021
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issue 57/1
135-150
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The aim of this paper is to present the results of two questionnaires conducted among thirty-eight participants of a language course in medical Polish for people from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The first survey (conducted before the course started) covered the following issues: (1) the participants’ self-assessment of their knowledge of general as well as specialised (medical) Polish, (2) their expectations of the twenty-hour course they were to attend, (3) their linguistic awareness of the need to develop the four linguistic skills in specialised language classes. The second questionnaire focused on the evaluation of the effectiveness of the classes and participants’ own progress in learning Polish for professional purposes. The research was of a diagnostic and descriptive nature, and the findings signalled in this paper have given rise to broader reflections on the current state of research on the description of receptive and productive skills in teaching Polish as a foreign language for specific purposes.
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Przepisy ustawy o dystrybucji ubezpieczeń, implementując do prawa polskiego wymagania wynikające z dyrektywy w sprawie dystrybucji ubezpieczeń, wprowadzają kompleksowy obowiązek ustalania przez dystrybutorów ubezpieczeń wymagań i potrzeb klientów w zakresie ochrony ubezpieczeniowej. Obowiązek ten został wprowadzony w sposób generalny, bez dookreślenia szczegółowych mechanizmów jego realizacji. W ten sposób prawodawca obciążył dystrybutorów ubezpieczeń odpowiedzialnością nie tylko za wykonanie obowiązku przeprowadzenia analizy wymagań i potrzeb klienta, ale także za uprzednie określenie sposobu przeprowadzania tej analizy. Taki stan prawny powoduje zwiększony stan niepewności i liczne wątpliwości co do interpretacji i stosowania przepisów prawa. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zidentyfikowanie podstawowych wątpliwości w tym zakresie. Przedmiotem artykułu są w szczególności zagadnienia: zakresu informacji, jakie dystrybutor ubezpieczeń powinien gromadzić na potrzeby analizy wymagań i potrzeb klienta oraz rezultatu, do jakiego powinna prowadzić ta analiza.
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The provisions of Act on insurance distribution, implementing the requirements resulting from the Directive on insurance distribution into the Polish law, introduce the complex obligation to determine by insurance distributors the client’s demands and needs in respect of the insurance cover. This obligation has been introduced in a general way, without referring to precise mechanisms of meeting such a requirement. As a result, the lawmaker made insurance distributors liable for not only performing their duty to perform analysis of the demands and needs of the client but also for the prior establishment of mechanism to perform such analysis. This increases legal uncertainty and many doubts as to the interpretation and execution of the legal provisions regarding insurance distribution. The aim of the article is to identify main doubts in the above respect. The article discusses in particular the issues of the scope of information that shall be collected by an insurance distributor for the purposes of the analysis of the demands and needs of the client and the result to which the said analysis should lead.
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Artykuł stanowi badanie potrzeb lingwistycznych osób wykonujących zawody prawnicze w krajach europejskich, w celu określenia ich poglądów co do ważności i użytkowania przez nich języków obcych oraz pod kątem treści kursów prawniczego języka angielskiego. Analizowane w artykule dane pochodzą z ankiety wypełnionej przez 536 prawników w Polsce, Czechach, Chorwacji i Niemczech. Wskazują one, że respondenci są zgodni w zakresie głównych kwestii, jednakoż istnieją wśród nich pewne różnice poglądowe, które zależą od ich wieku oraz określonych aktywności realizowanych w danym zawodzie prawniczym. W artykule podjęto polemikę nad faktem, iż takie różnice winny być uwzględnione w zakresie nauczania języków specjalistycznych, ponieważ identyfikują określone potrzeby i z tego względu należy je brać pod uwagę w nauczaniu prawniczego języka angielskiego. Autorki sugerują, że wskazania indywidualnej oceny roli języków obcych i preferowanego stylu uczenia się powinny być aplikowane podczas opracowywania programów nauczania i oceny języka specjalistycznego, a szczególnie języka prawniczego angielskiego, kierowanego do prawników.
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The paper reports on a survey into the linguistic needs of law professionals in four European countries, with the aim of identifying their views on the importance and their use of foreign language skills as well as their preferences for ELP course content. The data, obtained from a questionnaire survey of 536 legal professionals from Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Germany, show that while the respondents agree on many of the major points, there are also some differences conditioned by the respondents’ age and the specific tasks they perform in the legal profession. The article argues that these variables have to be taken into consideration in the LSP context because they determine some of the specific needs that need to be addressed in Legal English instruction. It is suggested that the findings about the lawyers’ self-perceived importance and preferred styles of learning are highly relevant for LSP practitioners, particularly when designing Legal English programmes and testing materials.
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Celem niniejszego artykułu jest krytyczne przedstawienie dwóch podejść do nauczania języka angielskiego – nauczanie typu CLIL (czyli zintegrowane nauczanie przedmiotowo-językowe) oraz nauczanie typu ESP (czyli nauczanie języka angielskiego dla celów specjalistycznych). Część teoretyczna podzielona jest na dwie podczęści, z których każda poświęcona jest jednemu podejściu do nauczania. W drugiej części artykułu poświęconej aspektom językowym kształcenia przywołuję cechy języka angielskiego jako języka pomostowego (English as a lingua franca) oraz omawiam taksonomię efektywnego nauczania typu CLIL na podstawie badań przepprzeprowadzonych w szkołach holenderskich przez zespół Ricka de Graaffa (Graaff et al. 2006, 2007)
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The aim of the paper is to offer a critical comparison of approaches to English language instruction – two CLIL and ESP provision. The theoretical section falls into two parts, each devoted to one of the respective approaches. The latter section of the paper is devoted to linguistic aspects of instruction and bring to the readers’ attention the phenomenon of English as a lingua franca, followed by a presentation of a taxonomy of effective CLIL provision based on research carried out in schools in The Netherlands by Rick de Graaff and collaborators (Graaff et al., 2006, 2007).
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Niniejszy artykuł sugeruje analizę najważniejszych aspektów do­tyczących nauczania specjalistycznego języka angielskiego. Zaprezentowano naj­nowsze dane na temat analizy potrzeb ukraińskich studentów (uczelni głównie w Zachodniej Ukrainie).Wykazano zasadność zwrócenia uwagi na cechy cha­rakterystyczne nauczania specjalistycznego języka angielskiego na uczelniach wyższych. Dokonano porównania podejść i modeli projektowania kursu ESP i zaproponowano najbardziej racjonalne pomysły. Na podstawie przedstawionych badań określono aspekty, zgodnie z którymi programy nauczania, a także mate­riały szkoleniowe powinny być konstruowane.
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The investigation of the essentials of ESP as a trend in teaching for­eign languages for professional communication has been suggested. The recent data on needs analysis of the Ukrainian students (the educational institutions mainly located in Western Ukraine) have been presented. The necessity to pay attention to the peculiarities of teaching a foreign language to non­linguistic stu­dents at higher educational institutions has been substantiated. The approaches to and models of ESP course design have been compared and most efficient ideas have been suggested. On the basis of the research, the aspects have been defined according to which curricula and learning materials should be constructed, ac­cording to the defined models of teaching.
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