Constructivist Blended Learning Approach: to Teaching English for Specific Purposes

Oleg Tarnopolsky

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2012

Constructivist Blended Learning Approach

to Teaching English for Specific Purposes

Oleg Tarnopolsky

https://doi.org/10.2478/9788376560014

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About this book

This monograph analyzes an innovative approach to teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in tertiary education. This "constructivist blended learning approach" is based on students "constructing" for themselves their own knowledge and professional communication skills in English by making extensive use of Internet sites in English, combining traditional in-class learning with in- and out-of-class learning through the Internet (blended learning). Dr. Tarnopolsky offers a thorough analysis of the principal forms of learning activities in English for this approach and suggests five principles underlying its practical implementation.

Author / Editor information

Oleg Tarnopolsky (Doctor of Pedagogy, Fulbright Awards, 1994 and 2005) is Full Professor at Alfred Nobel University, Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) where he heads the Department of Applied Linguistics and Methods in Foreign Language Teaching. His research and publications focus on different aspects of language teaching. He is the author of more than 250 works (books, articles, textbooks) on teaching English as a foreign language published in his home country and across Europe, in Canada and in China.

Contact:
Managing Editor: Anna Borowska, PhD, aborowska@versita.com

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	8
Chapter 1. Experiential interactive learning as the constituent part of the constructivist approach that determines the methods ofteaching/learning English for Specific Purposes at tertiary schools Publicly Available Download PDF	20
Chapter 2. Content-based instruction as the constituent part of the constructivist approach that determines the selection of the content of teaching/learning English for Specific Purposes at tertiary schools Publicly Available Download PDF	73
Chapter 3. Using Internet technologies as the foundation of organizational forms in introducing the constructivist blended learning approach to teaching English for Specific Purposes at tertiary schools Publicly Available Download PDF	122
Chapter 4. Principles of practical implementation of the constructivist blended learning approach to teaching English for Specific Purposes at tertiary schools Publicly Available Download PDF	160
Chapter 5. Practical implementation of the constructivist blended learning approach to teaching English for Specific Purposes at tertiary schools Publicly Available Download PDF	189
Conclusion Publicly Available Download PDF	224
References Publicly Available Download PDF	228
Author Index Publicly Available Download PDF	243
Subject index Publicly Available Download PDF	247

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Pages
- Main content: 254
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 11
- Tables: 2

eBook

Published: November 30, 2012
ISBN: 9788376560014

Hardcover

Published: March 11, 2013
ISBN: 9788376560021