Elisabet Arnó Macià - Böcker

Español para Fines Específicos (EFE) / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP) is the first handbook of its kind, presenting up-to-date research in this growing sub-field within languages for specific purposes (EFS).Written in Spanish, this handbook brings together SSP scholars from across geographical regions to share perspectives on past, present and future currents in the field. The SSP topics include historical perspectives, Spanish for academic purposes, genre, discourse, and corpus analysis for research and teaching, lexicography, translation studies, curricular design and assessment of skills and programs, integration of SSP into general Spanish courses, teaching intercultural competence, teaching Heritage and second-language learners, pre-university education, use of technology, use of case-study methodology, teacher education, experiential learning, and research on SSP in a wide range of domains such as science and technology, healthcare, legal, military, business, tourism, and the agricultural industry.This Handbook is ideal for those interested in the use of Spanish in educational and professional contexts, and the teaching and learning of SSP. It also offers an excellent reference for students and scholars in Spanish Applied Linguistics and for instructors and researchers in Spanish for Specific Purposes.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Español para Fines Específicos (EFE) / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP) es el primer manual de este tipo que presenta investigaciones actualizadas en este subcampo en auge dentro de las lenguas para fines específicos (LFE).Escrito en español, este manual reúne a académicos de EFE de distintas partes del mundo para compartir perspectivas sobre las corrientes pasadas, presentes y futuras en el campo. Los temas de EFE incluyen perspectivas históricas, español con fines académicos, análisis de género, discurso y corpus para fines investigativos y pedagógicos, lexicografía, traductología, traducción, diseño curricular y evaluación de habilidades y programas, integración de EFE en cursos generales de español, enseñanza de la competencia intercultural, enseñanza de hablantes de herencia y aprendices de segundas lenguas, educación preuniversitaria, uso de tecnología, uso del método del caso, formación docente, aprendizaje experiencial e investigación sobre EFE en una amplia gama de dominios como ciencia y tecnología, salud, ámbito jurídico, ámbito militar, negocios, turismo y la industria agropecuaria.Este manual es ideal para aquellos interesados en el uso del español en contextos educativos y profesionales, y en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de EFE. Además, ofrece una excelente referencia para estudiantes y académicos en lingüística aplicada del español y para instructores e investigadores en español para fines específicos.

I first used the Internet in fall 1993, as a Fulbright Scholar at Charles University in Prague. I immediately recognized that the Internet would radically transform second language teaching and learning, and within a year had written my first book on the topic, E-Mail for English Teaching. The book galvanized a wave of growing interest in the relationship of the Internet to language learning, and was soon followed by many more books on the topic by applied linguists or educators. This volume, though, represents one of the first that specifically analyzes the relationship of new technologies to the teaching of languages for specific purposes (LSP), and, in doing so, makes an important contribution. The overall impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on second language learning can be summarized in two ways, both of which have special significance for teaching LSP. First, ICT has transformed the context of language learning. The stunning growth of the Internet—resulting in 24 trillion email messages sent in 2005, and more than 600 billion Web pages and 50 million blogs online in the same year—has helped make possible the development of English as the world's first global language.