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On the Issue of Adapting Materials for the English for Specific Purposes Online Course

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  • Rimma Bielousova

    (Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies, Prešov, Slovakia)

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Nowadays, educational institutions in Slovakia are looking for solutions to improve learning using adaptive software to meet the needs of a wide range of skill levels in a single classroom. In line with the educational challenges of the 21st century, language teachers of the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies of the Technical University of Kosice in Slovakia have been using contemporary methods in the process of foreign languages teaching for several years. Based on blended learning concept implementation, the author presents the newly designed online course EnGeRu (English, German, Russian for Technicians) which serves as a supplementing platform to the full-time teaching course. To create this dynamic environment, the Moodle platform has been used. The course in available at http://web.tuke.sk/fvt-engeru/ to serve the needs of the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies as well as other technically oriented faculties and universities. Key to success in the development of teaching materials for online courses depends heavily on the ability of language teachers to adapt the materials within current technological contexts to serve the needs of the future technicians. The author considers Internet resources as freely gettable tool that can be further adapted for special needs of English language learners. Following the principles of materials development, several examples of materials adaptation for English language online course are presented. The model of a blended e-learning course can be utilized as a pattern for various English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses, which are nowadays widely developed and implemented at technical universities, especially when learners need to develop special language competencies within the context of special technical disciplines.

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  • Rimma Bielousova, 2020. "On the Issue of Adapting Materials for the English for Specific Purposes Online Course," Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - Journal for Multidimensional Education, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 12(1Sup1), pages 60-76, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev1rl:v:12:y:2020:i:1sup1:p:60-76
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/12.1sup1/223
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    1. Marina A Bilotserkovets & Oksana Gubina, 2019. "Target language teaching by means of e-learning: a case study," Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - Journal for Multidimensional Education, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 11(4), pages 17-29, December.
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      adapting technical text; blended learning; learner-centred approach; online laboratory; ESP online course; Moodle platform;
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      • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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