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Shakira Keller; Roger Gilabert – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2023
The aim of this task-based needs analysis is two-fold: firstly, to uncover the tasks performed by U.S.-based Spanish-language flight attendants and the associated language needs and, in doing so, to expand the breadth of task-based needs analysis (TBNA) through the application of multiple methods and sources (Long, 2005) and tackling the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Spanish, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
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Bullock, Neil – Research-publishing.net, 2019
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is often governed by predefined communicative functions and rules within a specific domain. Radio communication between pilots and Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) is one such domain. Mandatory plain language testing, introduced in this domain in 2008, whilst clearly laudable in its safety related objectives, has…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Aerospace Education
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Lozano Velandia, Sergio Andrés – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2015
This qualitative action research study explored the interactions of young-adult learners carrying out self-reflection on their learning processes in an ESP (English for special purposes) course at an airline training-center in Bogotá, Colombia. Needs analysis revealed that learners had poor knowledge of technical English, and lacked strong…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, English for Special Purposes, Qualitative Research, Action Research