Are we truly in the
Information Age with
EAP/ESP course books?
Irina Shchemeleva
Higher School of Economics
Saint-Petersburg
XVII NATE – Russia International Annual Conference
NEW TIMES – NEW SONGS: ELT AFTER 2010
Kaliningrad June 28-30, 2011
“Homo Sapience Digital”
(Prenski, 2010)
“ … it is no longer a
matter of how to
incorporate technology,
but rather how to adapt
LSP practice to a
context of constant
technological changes”
Arnó et al. 2006:257
ICT literacies
“using digital technology, communications
tools, and/or networks to access, manage,
integrate, evaluate, and create information in
order to function in a knowledge society”
(Digital transformation 2002: 4).
ICT literacies
to define information (i.e. understand and articulate the
scope of an information problem in order to facilitate
the electronic search for information)
to communicate information (disseminate information
tailored to a particular audience in an effective digital
format)
iSkills test
http://www.ets.org/iskills
ESP/EAP course books analysis
“Despite the fact that textbook publishers expend
significant effort to include computer-based
ancillaries with many of their products, many
teachers still rely primarily on the textbook
alone” (Bush, 2008: 443).
The criteria
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Recent date of publication – year 2005 and
later
ESP or EAP focus
Level of the target audience’s English
language proficiency pre-intermediate and
above.
Materials containing Internet-based activities
less than 40% (10 out of 26 books).
The purpose of Internet use
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Training students to search for and evaluate
information for study or research purposes
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Developing other English language skills
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Advancing integrated skills development
“No-Internet” course books
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those that do not include Internet-based tasks,
but they do include activities where the
Internet could be used
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those that do not have such tasks and cannot
have them within the methodological
approach adopted by the authors
ESP/EAP course books selected
International Publications
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Allison, J. & Towned, J. (2008) The Business. Upper-Intermediate. Macmillan
Barrett, B. & Shama, P. (2010). Networking in English. Informal communication in
business. Macmillan
Corballis, T. & Jennings, W. (2009). English for management studies in higher education
studies. Garnet education
Helm, S. & Utteridge, R. (2010). Markel Leader. Human Resources. Person Longman
Helm, S. (2010) Market Leader. Accounting and Finance. Person Longman
Jacob, M. & Strutt, P. (2010). English for International Tourism. (16th ed.) Longman.
Jones, L. (2005). Welcome! English for the travel and tourism industry. (2nd ed.) CUP
Krois-Lindner, A. & Firth, M. (2008). Introduction to International Legal English, CUP
McKey, W. R. & Charlton, H. E. (2005). Legal English. How to understand and master the
language of law. Pearson Longman
O’Driscoll, N.(2010). Market Leader. Marketing. Person Longman
Pilbeam, A. & O’Driscoll, N. (2010). Market Leader. Logistics Management. Person
Longman
Riley, A. (2006) English for Law. Longman professional English (6th ed.) Longman
Robinson, N. (2010) Cambridge English for Marketing. CUP
Widdowson, A. R. (2010) Market leader. Business law. Pearson Longman
Walenn, J. (2009) English for law in higher education studies. Garnet education
Books by Russian Authors
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Agabekyan, I. P. & Kovalenko, P. I. (2011). English students of engineering.
Moscow: Phenix
Agabekyan, I. P., Kovalenko, P. I & Kudryashova Yu. A. (2010) English for
students of economics. Moscow: Prospect, 2010
Alekseeva, S. A. & Skurova, A. V. (2010). English: Stock-Market. Moscow:
MGIMO-University
Artamonova, L. S. English for Professional Communication in Law. Problem
Solving. Moscow : Unity-Dana
Avdeeva, E. A. & Kuznetsova, L. B. (2006) PR.COM (High intermediate). St.
Petersburg
Bobyleva, S. V. & Zhatkin, D. N. (2008). English for students of ecology and
biotechnology. Moscow: Flinta
Iliadi, Yu. A. (2010). English for lawyers. Moscow: Prospect
Koroleva, N. E.Barsegyan, E. Z. & Serbinovskaya, A. M. (2009). English for
tourism. Moscow: Phenix
Muraveyskaya, M. S. & Orlova L. K. (2010). English for students of medicine.
10th ed. Moscow : Flinta – Nauka
Veselovskaya, N. G. (2009). English: Land and Cadastres. Moscow: Academia
Zhdanova, I. F. & Skvortsova, M. V. (2010). Manual on Accounting. Moscow :
Omega-L