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Journal of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers
ISSN: 1854-
Editorial
As educators working in the field of languages for specific purposes (LSP), we are often confronted with the question of how to firstly identify the specialist terminology that our students need to learn and then, secondly, how to work that terminology into materials appropriate to our context that effectively support our students in internalizing and utilizing the language. Of course, there are many excellent books that go some way to doing this for us. However, in view of the very specific and diverse contexts for which our students require a foreign language, identifying relevant language and creating materials that practice that language are two important aspects of the LSP teacher’s repertoire.
The first of the two articles in the current issue of Scripta Manent focuses on the
first of the aforementioned aspects, namely identifying specialist terminology. In
“Technical Terminology in Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale: A Corpus-
In “Vocabulary Acquisition for Future Nursing Staff: Authenticity in the Classroom”,
Hempkin and Kline describe a rationale for the development of English-
Finally in this issue, Čepon reviews “English for Business and Economic Studies 2”
by Mateja Dostal, Alenka Umek and Danica Čerče, a coursebook primarily written for
Slovene undergraduate students of Business and Economics, but which, as the reviewer
argues, may be equally relevant for ESP classes in non-
Rachel Lindner
Editorial board member
References
Tomlinson, B. (2010). Principles and procedures for self-
Scripta Manent Vol. 7(2)
» Contents
» N. Gajšt
Technical Terminology in Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale: A Corpus-
» K. Hempkin & B. Majcenovič Kline
Vocabulary Acquisition for Future Nursing Staff: authenticity in the classroom
» S. Čepon
English for Business and Economic Studies 2, by Mateja Dostal, Alenka Umek and Danica Čerče
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