English for specific purposes teachers’ beliefs about their motivational practices and student motivation at a Chinese university

Yang, Xinrong; Wyatt, Mark

doi:10.14746/ssllt.2021.11.1.3

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“…From another perspective, Yang and Wyatt (2021) asserted the crucial role of cultural influences on improving Chinese ESP teachers’ cognitions about motivation and motivational practices, with suggestions on how the Confucius heritage, as a deep-seated Chinese cultural feature, can be conceptually applied to ESP courses for East Asian countries as a point of cross-cultural awareness. Learning English without understanding its cultural context is a definite risk ( Alharbi, 2022 ), and as a future vista, this concern should continue to pervade in the application of an ESP pedagogical framework.…”

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Changing visions in ESP development and teaching: Past, present, and future vistas

2023

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Globalization and international development in language education have inspired a shift from the learning of traditional College English to English for Specific Purposes (ESP). This article begins with a section on the methodology used to develop the literature review. From various literatures, a historical perspective was first presented for the period, 1962 to the present day, and accompanied by a review on the teaching approaches. The purpose was to reveal emerging trends in ESP development and forefront the strength of association between ESP development and the changes in teaching approaches. Then it focuses on the relationship between needs analysis and ESP, as needs analysis is well recognized as a vital ESP characteristic and it is given a comprehensive revisit as an update in ESP development. The review continues with some insights into recent studies from various countries to reflect on various aspectual developments of current ESP practices that illustrate the dynamics of growing research agendas that have implications for current and future ESP research directions. Finally, future vistas for ESP development and teaching are affirmed. The paper concludes on the note on the importance of knowing past and future ESP developments, and the prioritizing of effective teaching based on soundly designed materials tailored to particular student-centered needs and wants.

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Changing visions in ESP development and teaching: Past, present, and future vistas

2023

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“…In terms of the affordance from instructors, informative courses, being serious in class, strong teaching ability, practical courses, new teaching methods, and reasonable course planning can always motivate students to acquire new knowledge in most cases (Klímová and Poulová, 2015;Yang and Wyatt, 2021). But for some students who choose to be left unchecked, instructors cannot motivate them at all.…”

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Motivation and affordance: A study of graduate students majoring in translation in China

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Many Chinese students further their master’s study in translation, however, only a few of them become translators at last and most of them gradually decrease their language learning motivation in the translation program. Based on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory, the study adopted a sequential mixed methods design with both questionnaires and interviews to collect the data. We collected 446 questionnaires to explore what types of affordances influence their language learning motivation most. After that, we interviewed six participants to explore how these affordances influence their motivation. Findings from the questionnaires showed that the affordances of the mentor can be divided into strong academic ability, rich academic resources, caring students, and strict requests; affordances of the instructor can be divided into informative courses, being serious in class, strong teaching ability, practical courses, new teaching methods, and the reasonable course planning; affordances of the peer can be divided into peer pressure, shared learning resources, mutual encouragement, and mutual supervision. Affordances of the institution can be divided into a good learning atmosphere, sufficient internship opportunities, abundant library resources, good infrastructure, and scholarships. Findings from the interview showed that different interpretations of affordances lead to different effects on language learning motivation; affordance has little influence on intrinsic language learning motivation. This study provided some insights for policymakers and teachers on how to cultivate and promote translation students’ language learning motivation.

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“…Although previous studies on ESP learning have been widely enacted [2,8,9], little is known about the development of learning applications for ESP students. It is important to note that learning application is part of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) idea.…”

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The Development of an “Absyak” Application for ESP Learning: Insights from Indonesia

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Margana

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Education Research International

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There has been a dearth of studies exploring the development of online learning platforms in Indonesian ESP classes in recent years. To fill such a lacuna, the present study was designed to develop an online learning application for pharmacy students in their ESP learning in an Indonesian higher education setting. Encapsulated by Gall, Borg, and Gall’s (2003) Research and Development (R&D) model, the study’s findings showcase that (1) the application, named “Absyak,” has been successfully developed at the design stage based on the needs analysis; (2) the variables of material, media, and student responses on learning have been validated and corrected according to the suggestions of two validators as media experts and three validators as material experts; (3) responses from 30 students showed that the indicators for each variable were valid, reliable, and very feasible to implement; and (4) the implementation phase with 60 students indicated that the developed material effectively enhanced the pharmacy students' English speaking skill. Implications from this study are offered at the end of this article.

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English for specific purposes teachers’ beliefs about their motivational practices and student motivation at a Chinese university

Cited by 8 publications

References 47 publications

Changing visions in ESP development and teaching: Past, present, and future vistas

Changing visions in ESP development and teaching: Past, present, and future vistas

Motivation and affordance: A study of graduate students majoring in translation in China

The Development of an “Absyak” Application for ESP Learning: Insights from Indonesia

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