Conveners
Innovation, multimodality and digital technologies in LSP studies
- Monta Farneste (University of Latvia)
- Vineta Apse (University of Latvia)
Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) defined as various linguistic variants used in professional settings and coexisting within the general language system has given the favorable response to specific professional needs. The presentation will focus on the course sample entitled effective data presentation which was designed within BADGE Erasmus+ project (Intellectual Output 1).
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The Covid pandemic in the world seems to have introduced changes to stay in foreign language acquisition as well because both students and the teaching staff have realized that the use of technology-based forms of language acquisition can be applied also when studies are not held online. The situation has also facilitated autonomous learning. The goal of the present study is to investigate the...
Since their appearance, podcasts have become a popular source in language learning and teaching, and thus, an object of research interest related primarily to receptive skills. Studies researching student-produced podcasts have been published with a much lower frequency. This presentation aims to contribute to the latter research with describing the teaching context, the format and outputs,...
The study of Audiovisual Translation (AVT) as a valuable resource for foreign language teaching has recently gained great relevance. In particular, the AVT mode of subtitling has been proven to entail an incredible potential for teaching foreign languages. Therefore, this paper aims to contribute to the studies on the didactic use of subtitling from an approach in which subtitling is used...
The article concentrates on the potential of Facebook in teaching ESP in higher education. Facebook, just as any other social networking site, is widely used among people of all age groups. Considering its primary role being to keep in touch with friends and relatives, the educational value should not be neglected. A number of scientific studies have proven, that Facebook is a valuable tool in...
