In the last few years Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have emerged as a transforming element in language teaching and learning and have become an integral part of many courses of English for professional and academic purposes (ESP). This collection brings together contributions from ESP teachers, who provide an account of educational experiences involving ICTs and share their practices, successes, failures and reflections. Most papers in the volume report on blended learning experiences, where teachers use either Course Management Systems like WebCT or Moodle, or online learning environments created by themselves. The contributions give ideas on how to develop pedagogically sound online language learning materials. Additionally, they discuss issues related to online language pedagogy and promote the development of online learning.
Contents: María José Luzón: Learning Academic and Professional English
Online: Integrating Technology, Language Learning and Disciplinary Knowledge
Ruth Trinder: The Potential of Blended Learning Environments in Terms of
Beneficial Language Learning Conditions Elisabet Arnó Macià/Carmen Rueda
Ramos/Antonia Soler Cervera: Designing a Virtual Learning Environment for EAP
Students: Quantum LEAP (Learning English for Academic Purposes) Ana Gimeno
Sanz: Online Courseware Design and Delivery: The Ingenio Authoring System
Mª Luisa Carrió Pastor: Enhancing Learner-Teacher Collaboration through the
Use of Online Activities Mª Camino Bueno Alastuey: Using WebCT in a Course
of English for Academic/Specific Purposes: The Case of English for
Agriculture Antonella Elia: Can a Collaborative WiKi Weblish Dictionary
Project Help Academic Writing of ICT Language Learners? Philippa Mungra:
Online Delivery of a Writing Course: Description of a Blended Language Course
Integrated into Medicine Jarosaw Krajka: Promoting Discovery Learning in
English for Academic and Professional Purposes: Implementing Concordancing
Procedures in Online Courses.
The Editors: Isabel González-Pueyo, Carmen Foz Gil, Mercedes Jaime Siso and María José Luzón Marco are senior lecturers in ESP at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. They are currently working on a project aimed at developing online materials for teaching Academic and Professional English. I. González-Pueyo and M.J. Luzón Marco work on the analysis of digital genres, especially those used in professional and academic communication; M. Jaime Sisos field of interest is scientific and institutional discourse and C. Foz Gils research is focused on business communication.
