Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall

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Autor(a) principal: Balula, Ana
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Martins, Ciro, Costa, Marco, Marques, Fábio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/29935
Resumo: In the last decades, the focus of ESP teaching has been shifting from the grammatical analysis of technical texts to discourse analysis, and, more recently, to learner-centred approaches. This change is quite challenging and demanding for ESP teachers, in particular regarding the choice of effective teaching and learning methodologies and, consequently, the design of meaningful activities. Furthermore, it is also relevant to rethink educational processes to meet the students’ needs, in particular given the unceasing digital transformation and its societal impact. In this scenario, the ubiquity of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) was integrated in the design of a teaching and learning strategy, by using an Electronic Classroom Response System (CRS) within a game-based activity to learn Business English Terminology (BET). The activity was first tested in academic year 2014/15, with students enrolled in a Management undergraduate degree at ESTGA – University of Aveiro. Given the results of a preliminary study, the authors decided to undertake an empirical diachronic research (3 academic years), aiming at verifying if the game- based MALL strategy using a CRS promoted the students’ learning success in what concerns i) the identification and use of business English (BE) acronyms and other abbreviations, and ii) the accurate integration of BET in written text. The teaching materials were validated by two former Management students and two specialists (one in ESP and another in English Didactics). A total of 67 students participated in this study and the results of the statistical data analysis – using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and the Friedman test – confirm that the strategy supports the study of BE acronyms and other abbreviations, but their accurate integration in written text needs further study.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
title Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
spellingShingle Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
Balula, Ana
Business English terminology
English for Specific Purposes
Mobile-assisted language learning
CRS
Game-based MALL
title_short Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
title_full Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
title_fullStr Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
title_full_unstemmed Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
title_sort Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall
author Balula, Ana
author_facet Balula, Ana
Martins, Ciro
Costa, Marco
Marques, Fábio
author_role author
author2 Martins, Ciro
Costa, Marco
Marques, Fábio
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Balula, Ana
Martins, Ciro
Costa, Marco
Marques, Fábio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Business English terminology
English for Specific Purposes
Mobile-assisted language learning
CRS
Game-based MALL
topic Business English terminology
English for Specific Purposes
Mobile-assisted language learning
CRS
Game-based MALL
description In the last decades, the focus of ESP teaching has been shifting from the grammatical analysis of technical texts to discourse analysis, and, more recently, to learner-centred approaches. This change is quite challenging and demanding for ESP teachers, in particular regarding the choice of effective teaching and learning methodologies and, consequently, the design of meaningful activities. Furthermore, it is also relevant to rethink educational processes to meet the students’ needs, in particular given the unceasing digital transformation and its societal impact. In this scenario, the ubiquity of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) was integrated in the design of a teaching and learning strategy, by using an Electronic Classroom Response System (CRS) within a game-based activity to learn Business English Terminology (BET). The activity was first tested in academic year 2014/15, with students enrolled in a Management undergraduate degree at ESTGA – University of Aveiro. Given the results of a preliminary study, the authors decided to undertake an empirical diachronic research (3 academic years), aiming at verifying if the game- based MALL strategy using a CRS promoted the students’ learning success in what concerns i) the identification and use of business English (BE) acronyms and other abbreviations, and ii) the accurate integration of BET in written text. The teaching materials were validated by two former Management students and two specialists (one in ESP and another in English Didactics). A total of 67 students participated in this study and the results of the statistical data analysis – using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and the Friedman test – confirm that the strategy supports the study of BE acronyms and other abbreviations, but their accurate integration in written text needs further study.
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