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Acceda (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), 2021
Su última aportación, hace cinco años, versaba sobre el Quijote, quizás porque, como al personaje... more Su última aportación, hace cinco años, versaba sobre el Quijote, quizás porque, como al personaje de Cervantes, la distinguía su carácter perseverante, recio e inquebrantable. Desde luego a nadie dejaba impasible. En estos momentos en el que las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación se nos han vuelto imprescindibles, nos parece estar viéndola diciendo por los pasillos
In this study, we propose a learning approach based on the use of cinema, including film-related ... more In this study, we propose a learning approach based on the use of cinema, including film-related computing applications as a teaching resource with the aim of introducing some specialized contents in the class of English as a foreign language. The proposal outlined here is addressed to tertiary level studies, and this means B2 and C1 levels. The use of specific film fragments would have more attractive and motivating lessons so as to promote the students' autonomy and proficiency in English as a second language. First, we will present a short theoretical framework, and then, our learning proposal is offered, and this promotes the development of specific competences such as the linguistic and communicative competences, the digital competence and the cultural awareness of the students. A sample set of activities using cinema as the main didactic tool is also included. In this case, activities proposed revolve around the figure of Elizabeth I, as much film material is available, and we are likely to find specific portions of texts to improve students' proficiency of the language.
This paper describes and analyses a recent pedagogical experience of using the text Lives of the ... more This paper describes and analyses a recent pedagogical experience of using the text Lives of the Lauréales by Breit and Spencer [Breit, W. and R.W. Spencer, 1990 (1986). Lives of the Lauréales. Ten Nobel Economists. Cambridge and London: The Mit Press] as extra-curricular materials and motivational activity for students of 'Englishfor Economists' in a Spanish university classroom. The present paper balances the descriptive approach of needs analysis with a pragmatic and real content based approach supported by the valuable statements put forward by Fuentes Quintana in his personal «apología del economista» and other specialised Economists. The main focus of the paper is on the exploitation of this supplementary materials through reading comprehension strategies as well as the transmission of first-hand social valúes in the ESAP classroom. This suggests that there may be a need for expanding uses of such materials especially in the case of non-native speakers living outside Anglophone environments. Moreover, such accounts couldprovide new insights into genre-based approach and include further interdisciplinar and humanistic materials in Une with their academic and professional expectations.
In this paper we offer a comparative approach to some of the most crucial aspects involved in EFL... more In this paper we offer a comparative approach to some of the most crucial aspects involved in EFL and ESP teaching, namely, leamers' needs, context, motivations and attitudes. We will focus on the data provided by a survey of two groups of students of English Language as an optional subject at the Faculties of Business and Philology of our ULPGC. The main implications are, firstly, the need to broaden the scope ofESP by combining students' both professional and communicative aims; and secondly, the need to take into account the actual use learners make of English in their particular contexts.
Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 2006
Acceda (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), 2021
Su última aportación, hace cinco años, versaba sobre el Quijote, quizás porque, como al personaje... more Su última aportación, hace cinco años, versaba sobre el Quijote, quizás porque, como al personaje de Cervantes, la distinguía su carácter perseverante, recio e inquebrantable. Desde luego a nadie dejaba impasible. En estos momentos en el que las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación se nos han vuelto imprescindibles, nos parece estar viéndola diciendo por los pasillos
In this study, we propose a learning approach based on the use of cinema, including film-related ... more In this study, we propose a learning approach based on the use of cinema, including film-related computing applications as a teaching resource with the aim of introducing some specialized contents in the class of English as a foreign language. The proposal outlined here is addressed to tertiary level studies, and this means B2 and C1 levels. The use of specific film fragments would have more attractive and motivating lessons so as to promote the students' autonomy and proficiency in English as a second language. First, we will present a short theoretical framework, and then, our learning proposal is offered, and this promotes the development of specific competences such as the linguistic and communicative competences, the digital competence and the cultural awareness of the students. A sample set of activities using cinema as the main didactic tool is also included. In this case, activities proposed revolve around the figure of Elizabeth I, as much film material is available, and we are likely to find specific portions of texts to improve students' proficiency of the language.
This paper describes and analyses a recent pedagogical experience of using the text Lives of the ... more This paper describes and analyses a recent pedagogical experience of using the text Lives of the Lauréales by Breit and Spencer [Breit, W. and R.W. Spencer, 1990 (1986). Lives of the Lauréales. Ten Nobel Economists. Cambridge and London: The Mit Press] as extra-curricular materials and motivational activity for students of 'Englishfor Economists' in a Spanish university classroom. The present paper balances the descriptive approach of needs analysis with a pragmatic and real content based approach supported by the valuable statements put forward by Fuentes Quintana in his personal «apología del economista» and other specialised Economists. The main focus of the paper is on the exploitation of this supplementary materials through reading comprehension strategies as well as the transmission of first-hand social valúes in the ESAP classroom. This suggests that there may be a need for expanding uses of such materials especially in the case of non-native speakers living outside Anglophone environments. Moreover, such accounts couldprovide new insights into genre-based approach and include further interdisciplinar and humanistic materials in Une with their academic and professional expectations.
In this paper we offer a comparative approach to some of the most crucial aspects involved in EFL... more In this paper we offer a comparative approach to some of the most crucial aspects involved in EFL and ESP teaching, namely, leamers' needs, context, motivations and attitudes. We will focus on the data provided by a survey of two groups of students of English Language as an optional subject at the Faculties of Business and Philology of our ULPGC. The main implications are, firstly, the need to broaden the scope ofESP by combining students' both professional and communicative aims; and secondly, the need to take into account the actual use learners make of English in their particular contexts.
Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 2006