ESP Vocabulary Teaching and Learning, Comparing the Language Teacher and Language Learning on the Internet

Abstract

ESP vocabulary teaching and learning has become very important and indispensable in most of the different fields of study for both teachers and learners. This has brought to exploiting various ways of learning and enlarging ESP vocabulary. One of the most popular ways in English learning and teaching is the application of Information Communication Technology or English learning on the Internet. This study tries to investigate the difference or any potential relation between ESP vocabulary teaching by the language teacher and ESP learning on the Internet. Using the Internet to learn a language encourages the use of multimedia and network technology enhancing learning, but on the other hand learning a language face to face with the teacher creates a lot of opportunities to foster participation in different discussion groups developing students’ corporation. A questionnaire was done to students who study ESP in their course and will need it in their profession. Participants were selected through random sampling. Students taking part in this questionnaire study at the Faculty of Civil Engineering. Advantages and disadvantages will be discussed for both ways of learning the ESP vocabulary.Comparisons will be done and conclusions will be given concerning the strategies and methods that the ESP teacher and computer programs use in order to ease the recording and learning of ESP vocabulary. Conclusions will include even the fact that students nowadays prefer a combination of the two in order to assimilate the language faster ensuring the fostering of sustainable lifelong learning.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p655