Open AccessTechnology in Support of Developing Speaking Skills in ESP Courses
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich,
Agnieszka Dudzik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lubelskie materiały neofilologiczne/lublin studies in modern languages and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-4580
pISSN - 0137-4699
DOI - 10.17951/lsmll.2021.45.3.57-69
Subject(s) - asynchronous communication , face (sociological concept) , psychology , covid-19 , test (biology) , mathematics education , computer science , pedagogy , medical education , linguistics , medicine , computer network , paleontology , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
Nowadays, when face-to-face human interactions are restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students have fewer opportunities to put their oral communicative abilities to the test. Under these circumstances, technology becomes an ally of both teachers and learners. While synchronous tools enable students to communicate with one another in real time, asynchronous tools allow them, among others, to record their utterances for review and self-evaluation. This paper aims to indicate which technological solutions could help teachers increase learners’ oral production in the ESP classroom (with particular emphasis on Medical and Business English) and which ones could help students improve their speaking skills independently.