Language Competency Development With Lingoeducation

摘要

Meeting the specific needs of the target groups in English classes for professional purposes is always a challenge for the teacher. The competency development analysis is focusing on an English course for Specific Purposes (ESP) organised for the students of Corvinus University of Budapest majoring in Economy. The underlying strategy of the pilot program carried out in 2013 was to widen the scope of classroom learning, motivate and reinforce the content-based approach. Integrating LingoEducation ? a state-of-the-art ICT- supplemented learning program ? into language teaching and learning gives special impetus to business vocabulary building. Students benefit from the direct access to a limitless variety of up-to-date authentic source materials available on the Internet, while also improving their self-directed learning skills.While the learner is assisted by definitions, translations, synonyms and antonyms, pronounciation, personal word list, flashcards and quizzes, the teacher can monitor the learner's activity. This study is presenting empirical evidence based on the practical experience of the faculty, including the author, and the participants to explore learners’ satisfaction, preferences and opinions regarding the methodology, content, oganization, etc. of the new type of course.