Exploring Terms in English for Specific Purposes
Document Type
Contribution to Books
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
Students of English for specific purposes (ESP) require technical vocabulary with which instructors may not be entirely familiar. Moreover, ESP textbooks tend to present the most frequent technical vocabulary across specializations (e.g. the most common dictionary definitions for dimension and argument rather than their specific meanings in Mathematics, Psychology, or Law) and rarely address the lexical needs of specific fields (e.g. actuator in Mechanical Engineering and free on board in Business). This lesson helps teachers use AntConc to locate essential vocabulary from one or more documents and offers several ways for students to learn how to use the words through authentic materials.
Publication Information
Brun-Mercer, Nicole. (2023). "Exploring Terms in English for Specific Purposes". In V. Viana (Ed.), Teaching English with Corpora: A Resource Book (pp. 217-223). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/b22833-45