ESP coursebooks design: Issues to consider and design-based research as an effective solution

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://stranijezici.ffzg.unizg.hr/index.php/vol-51-2/" target="_blank" >https://stranijezici.ffzg.unizg.hr/index.php/vol-51-2/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22210/strjez/51-2/2" target="_blank" >10.22210/strjez/51-2/2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

ESP coursebooks design: Issues to consider and design-based research as an effective solution

Original language description

This paper provides a conceptual framework for ESP (English for Special Purposes) coursebook design that can help ESP teachers, who often have to either adapt existing learning materials or design their own learning materials. Despite a large number of ESP coursebooks for different courses and fields of study available on the market, it is still rare to find those which meet both the students’ needs and the particular course requirements. Every learning or teaching situation is unique and influenced by such factors as the constraints imposed by syllabuses, the dynamics of the classroom, and the expectations and motivations of the students. Since no comprehensive concept of ESP coursebook design has yet been published, the purpose of this paper is to discuss, analyse, and consolidate different approaches to coursebook design, particularly with regard to SLA theories. In addition, the paper suggests design-based research as a suitable method for ESP coursebook design. One of the fundamental characteristics of the design-based research is its two-fold yield: apart from developing a research-based intervention as a solution to an educational problem, it leads to the development of the theories on which the intervention is based. The two-fold yield of ESP coursebook design-based research thus results in a product, in this case an ESP coursebook, that is both usable and effective and in design principles that contribute to the development of theories of ESP coursebook design.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60203 - Linguistics

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Strani Jezici

ISSN

0351-0840

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

51

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

HR - CROATIA

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

185-206

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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