Inglês para fins específicos em cursos superiores de tecnologia na educação profissional
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https://doi.org/10.5902/1516849234053Keywords:
ESP, Undergraduate Technology Course, Professional EducationAbstract
Considering the offer of Undergraduate Technology Course (CST) in the context of Professional and Technological Education (EPT), this paper analyzes the way English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been planned at Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN). Based on ESP theories (HUTCHINSON; WATERS, 1987; DUDLEY-EVANS, 1998), we accomplished an exploratory study, through the analysis of different ESP course programs present in 16 CST offered by the institution. Data analysis led us to the categorization of 3 types of ESP offer with different focuses practiced in this EPT context: English for reading and writing, in 12 CST; English for grammar and vocabulary, in 3 CST; and English for speaking, in only 1 CST. We concluded that the 3 ESP types reflect the decisions made by the teachers in a democratic and participatory way in order to cope with the CST in which the subjects are inserted, although only some course programs highlight the relation between the contents and students’ needs, a basic assumption of ESP theories.Downloads
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