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Mediating Specialized Knowledge and L2 Abilities

New Research in Spanish/English Bilingual Models and Beyond

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Editors:
  1. Linda Escobar

    1. Faculty of Humanities, National University of Distance Education, Madrid, Spain

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  2. Ana Ibáñez Moreno

    1. Faculty of Humanities, National University of Distance Education, Madrid, Spain

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  • Focuses on the growing areas of English for Specific Purposes and English for Academic Purposes
  • Contributes to the broader picture of English mediation in tertiary education
  • Brings together contributions from new and emerging scholars in the field

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. L2 Education in English/Spanish Bilingual Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Tertiary Bilingual Education: The Iberian Spanish Case Versus Other Multilingual Contexts

      • Linda Escobar
      Pages 3-15

    3. Translanguaging and Language Mediation in EMI Contexts: Emotional Stances and Translation Issues

      • Esther Nieto Moreno de Diezmas, Alicia Fernández Barrera
      Pages 17-34

    4. Translator Competence in Second Foreign Language Teaching: Acquisition of Intercultural Competence

      • Laura González Fernández
      Pages 35-62

    5. The Making of Future School Mediators: Using Digital Narratives for Mediation Purposes

      • María Victoria Guadamillas Gómez
      Pages 63-80

    6. CLILing EMI for Effective Mediation in the L2 in Pre-service Teacher Education: A Case Study at a Spanish University

      • Magdalena Custodio-Espinar, Alfonso López-Hernández
      Pages 81-107

  3. ESP Instruction Practices in International Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Positive Psychology and L2 Motivation in ESP

      • Imelda Katherine Brady
      Pages 111-132

    3. Using English-Learning Apps Inside Tourism and Business Classes: Analysis and Critical Review

      • Yolanda Joy Calvo Benzies
      Pages 133-152

    4. ESP for Tourism: Does It Meet Employers’ Needs and Prepare Students for the Workplace?

      • Gloria Chamorro, María Vázquez-Amador, María del Carmen Garrido-Hornos
      Pages 153-190

    5. Teaching Spanish Medical Students How to Write a Case History

      • Ariel Sebastián Mercado
      Pages 191-208

    6. Teaching ESP Through Data-Driven Learning: An Exploratory Study in Health Sciences Degrees

      • Jorge Soto-Almela, Gema Alcaraz-Mármol
      Pages 209-228

    7. Division of Labour and the Development of Professional Literacies: Problematising ESP Learners’ Preparedness for Workplace Writing

      • Tayba S. Al Hilali, Jim McKinley
      Pages 229-248

  4. EAP Instruction Practices and Academic Writing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Insights from an ERASMUS Teaching Programme on Academic Writing: The French Case

      • Ourania Katsara
      Pages 251-274

    3. A Case Study on Needs Analysis in English for Academic Environmental Purposes

      • Octavia Raluca Zglobiu
      Pages 275-287

    4. Navigating Corpora for Self-Directed LSP Writing: A Comparative Study of Digital Method and Resource Integration in L1 Versus L2 Language Courses

      • Loredana Bercuci, Ana-Maria Pop, Mădălina Chitez, Andreea Dincă
      Pages 289-309

    5. Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis: Titles in Civil Engineering Research Articles

      • Ana Roldan-Riejos
      Pages 311-332

    6. Tales from the Philippines: Fostering Intercultural Language Learning Through a Literary Journey Around the Philippine Archipelago

      • Ana Sevilla-Pavón, María Alcantud-Díaz
      Pages 333-360
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About this book

 This edited book presents a selection of new empirical studies in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP), showcasing the best practices of educators in their particular contexts. The chapters cover settings grouped into three main categories: L2 abilities and English as a medium of instruction in English/Spanish bilingual contexts; ESP in international contexts; and EAP and academic writing. The authors examine topics and contexts that have been under-explored in the literature to date, contributing to wider discussions of English-language mediation in educational settings and also touching on areas such as international mobility, migration, and social integration in multicultural environments. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in an interdisciplinary range of fields, including applied linguistics, language education policy, multilingualism, migration policy, and positive psychology and motivation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Humanities, National University of Distance Education, Madrid, Spain

    Linda Escobar, Ana Ibáñez Moreno

About the editors

Linda Escobaris Associate Professor in Linguistics and Head of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the Faculty of Philology, UNED, Spain. She is the coordinator of the Innovative Teaching Group OLGA-2018-3 funded by the UNED. Her current research interests include academic fields such as Second Language Acquisition (SLA), English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and Teacher Training. She has published widely in international journals, books and edited books. She has co-edited The Acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages(2006), The Processing of Lexicon and Morphosyntax (2014), Language Processing and Disorders (2017), and The Changing Face of ESP in Today’s Classroom and Workplace (2020).

 

AnaIbáñezis Associate Professor in English Philology at UNED University, Spain. She is a member of the UNED-based ATLAS research group. Her research interests are two-fold: on one hand, digital innovation in ESP, and on the other, the pedagogical applications of audiovisual translation in language teaching and learning.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mediating Specialized Knowledge and L2 Abilities

  • Book Subtitle: New Research in Spanish/English Bilingual Models and Beyond

  • Editors: Linda Escobar, Ana Ibáñez Moreno

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87476-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87475-9Published: 12 January 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87478-0Published: 13 January 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87476-6Published: 11 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 368

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Multilingualism, Language Education, Language Policy and Planning

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