Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.22210/strjez/52-2/4
Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks of the Contemporary Approach to Teaching LSP
Neda Borić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0546-5910
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Arhitektonski fakultet
Sažetak
The paper analyzes the theoretical and methodological basis of the contemporary approach to teaching foreign languages for specific purposes. These influences (especially from the field of linguistics) are examined in an interplay between synchronic and diachronic level in the light of the two major scientific paradigms of the 20th and 21st century: structuralism and cognitivism. The paper is based on the hypothesis that knowledge about the foundations of the modern approach to teaching is a prerequisite for professional competence of ESP practitioners. Knowledge of the theoretical and methodological background of contemporary teaching in this area provides a solid ground for facing the challenges in this demanding field as well as for the critical evaluation of new trends and their integration into teaching in the circumstances governed by rapid social changes of the modern technological age. The most contemporary trends that shape the field and contribute to its further development are also taken into consideration. The results of the analysis show that the modern approach to ESP teaching is a synthesis of both sociohistorical circumstances and interdisciplinary influences. Among them cognitive psychology and cognitive linguistics play a key role. Methodologically, this paper is based on an analytical-synthetic approach to a complex network of major interdisciplinary influences that have formed the foundation of a contemporary approach to the discipline itself. The paper argues for the application of the basic tenets of cognitive linguistics to the theoretical research of specialist languages and their terminologies as well as for their integration into the teaching process as a necessary basis for further development.
Ključne riječi
cognitive linguistics; contemporary approach to ESP teaching; context; interdisciplinarity; LSP / ESP; sociocognitive approach
Hrčak ID:
313065
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.12.2023.
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