چکیده مقاله
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of content based materials on teaching ESP to air traffic controllers To perform this study, the participants who are working in air traffic control tower were selected and took part in the Oxford Quick Placement Test OQPT and 21 of them whose scores were between 30 and 39 were assigned into two homogeneous groups at the pre intermediate level Then, both groups were given a pre test of reading comprehension of ESP materials before treatment to determine how well the participants knew the contents During a fourteen session course, both groups covered seven topics selected by the researcher The experimental group received teaching according to content based materials while the control group received traditional teaching by using the method of presentation practice and production PPP Finally, at the end of the course, they took a post test and after an interval of two weeks, the participants were given a delayed post test The findings revealed that the aviation English knowledge of both groups improved However, Independent Samples t test showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups The students of the experimental group who used designed contents outperformed the control one In general, the results showed that content based materials for teaching ESP significantly improve the performance of the air traffic controllers Implications of the study suggest that the content based activities can develop the learners who participate in ESL reading courses
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نویسندگان
Mohsen Segar
Department of English, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran
Bahman Gorjian
Department of English, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Segar, Mohsen and Gorjian, Bahman,1397,The Effect of Content-based Materials on Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) to Air Traffic Controllers,International Conference on Language Studies, Literature and Culture
ارائهشده در
مجموعه مقالات کنفرانس بین المللی مطالعات زبان، ادبیات و فرهنگ30 تیر 1397