UNSW Handbook Course - Language for Specific Purposes

Language for Specific Purposes - LING5021


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: Linguistics
	Course Outline: http://legacy.handbook.unsw.edu.au
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 8
	EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Fee Band: 5 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Covers the origins of LSP and its relationship to foreign and second language teaching; the branches of LSP including Language for Business, Science and Technology, Academic, and Vocational Purposes; curriculum issues such as linguistic description and language needs, needs analysis and situation analysis, and teacher and learner characteristics; methodology, materials; assessment and evaluation. Uses case studies and research studies of LSP courses.

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