Editorial | Scripta Manent, 7 (1)

Journal of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers

ISSN: 1854-2042

Editorial

This issue of Scripta Manent brings into focus a lively and dynamic field of vocabulary research in LSP (languages for specific purposes) teaching. It features two articles and a review. The authors of the articles use the lexical context to address two interesting questions: the role of translation in ESP and the question of anglicisms.

In her article "Expanding Vocabulary Through Translation – An Eclectic Approach" Koletnik raises a question that has already been tackled in Scripta Manent (Laviosa and Cleverton 2006), namely: "How can translation inform ESP students and teachers in their specific situations?" Koletnik combines findings based on lexical and communicative theories to forward a translation-based approach which aims at highlighting collocational and formulaic features of language.

As a result of globalization and technological development the English language exerts an overwhelming influence on other languages. The nature of this influence has been extensively dealt with from a broader socio-cultural perspective as well as from the linguistic perspective. In "Anglizismen im berufsbezogenen DaF-Unterricht – Die Untersuchung von Anglizismen im Bereich der Luftfahrt" Orthaber takes this latter perspective to analyse the use of anglicisms in German language for specific purposes. She explores a corpus of texts coming from the field of aviation and draws on her findings in the preparation of suitable LSP materials for the students of logistics.

Skela proposes a review of the first English coursebook for theologians in Slovenia: "English for Theologians" by Urška Sešek and Simona Duška Zabukovec. The text will attract interested readers by a meticulous analysis of the textbook’s organisational principles and of its theoretical grounding.

Mojca Jarc

Editor

References

Laviosa, S. and V. Cleverton (2006). Learning by Translating: A Contrastive Methodology for ESP Learning and Translation. Scripta Manent. Journal of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers, 2 (1) [online]. Available: http://www.sdutsj.edus.si/ScriptaManent/Contents.html (24.9.2012).

Scripta Manent Vol. 7(1)

» Contents

» M. Koletnik

Expanding Vocabulary Through Translation – An Eclectic Approach

» S. Orthaber

Anglizismen im berufsbezogenen

DaF-Unterricht – Die Untersuchung von Anglizismen im Bereich der Luftfahrt

» J. Skela

English for Theologians, by Urška Sešek and Simona Duška Zabukovec

Review

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