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The Learning Styles of Technical Students and Their Role in Learning English as a Foreign Language
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press, 2025-05-31) Langerová, Petra
The paper presents the results of mixed-methods research into the English language learning styles of a sample group of students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication (FEEC) of the Brno University of Technology (BUT). In the quantitative phase of the research, students were questioned using an adapted Ehrman and Leaver Questionnaire (2003) with a bipolar scale of ten learning styles to identify commonly shared dimensions of learning styles of English among the sample group. The questionnaire also determined how flexible or rigid students were in their preferences and identified students with strong preferences for particular dimensions. The research then moved to a qualitative phase in which selected students who had stated a preference for commonly shared learning styles in the questionnaire were asked to participate in a semi-structured interview in which they discussed how their learning styles are reflected in their experiences of learning English and evaluated the success of their chosen approaches. Students were also asked about their willingness to change their learning styles if they had failed to make progress. The interviews offered valuable insight into students’ learning preferences, with most students showing rigidity in their learning styles.
Liquid Metaphor in Becoming Animal by David Abram: A Transmodern Perspective Entangled with Phenomenological Insights
(University of Pardubice, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Department of English and American Studies, 2024-12-06) Walek, Agata
The main point of the present paper is to explore the figurative language so abundantly used by the author to determine how it can play a part in opening our senses and helping us to engage with extra-linguistic reality.
Rhetorical Strategies Used by Information Technology Students in In-Class Presentations
(The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2023-05-31) Ellederová, Eva
Rhetoric plays an important role in helping information technology (IT) professionals communicate their ideas clearly and effectively. By employing rhetorical devices when speaking about technology topics, IT professionals can present logical and convincing arguments, and demonstrate their knowledge and expertise while engaging the audience and making complex technical concepts more accessible for non-experts. This study attempts to understand how IT students construct and develop persuasive arguments by analysing their use of rhetorical strategies in a sample of persuasive presentations delivered in the course “English for IT”. Both corpus analysis and manual analysis were used to identify different types of rhetorical strategies students employed to influence their audiences’ attitudes. The results show that IT students not only created a logical appeal which might be more natural for them but also employed a wide range of rhetorical strategies and devices to establish disciplinary credibility and create a more personal connection with their audience, thus maintaining an appropriate balance of logos, ethos and pathos. The study further recommends systematic and careful rhetorical analysis of ESP (English for specific purposes) students’ spoken language across disciplines and the consequent adaption of learning materials and teaching methods to improve ESP students’ rhetoric skills.
Konstrukční výzkum učebnice pro výuku odborného anglického jazyka
(Masarykova univerzita, 2023-02-22) Ellederová, Eva
Předložená publikace představuje koncepci konstrukčního výzkumu, který je pro učitele odborného anglického jazyka výzvou, jak se vypořádat s řešením komplexních úkolů týkajících se tvorby kurikula v dynamických kontextech pedagogické praxe. Tvorba učebních materiálů pro výuku odborného anglického jazyka se stává v akademickém prostředí samozřejmostí, avšak méně často dochází k tomu, aby si učitelé kvalitu materiálů ověřovali prostřednictvím výzkumného šetření. Autorka popisuje metodologii a diskutuje výsledky konstrukčního výzkumu učebnice pro výuku odborného anglického jazyka, jehož dualistický přínos spočívá v postupném zdokonalování učebnice a v produkci konstrukčních principů, které nejen validují teorie tvorby učebnic anglického jazyka, ale současně také vyvíjí teorie týkající se tvorby učebnic pro výuku odborného anglického jazyka.
Tests as a Technique for an ESP Coursebook Evaluation
(Academics Education International Journals, 2022-01-03) Ellederová, Eva
Design-based research evolved near the beginning of the 21st century as a practical research methodology that could effectively bridge the gap between research and practice in formal education, as it aims at both developing theories about domain-specific learning and the means designed to support that learning. Since ESP teachers often design their own learning materials, this kind of research enables them not only to evaluate their quality and gradually improve them but also to produce design principles. Accordingly, the aim of my ESP coursebook design-based research is to evaluate the quality of a coursebook pilot version I developed for the students from the Faculty of Information Technology at Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic, and consequently formulate necessary modifications based on design principles. I first frame the basic concept of design-based research and ESP testing. Then, I describe the methodology of the ESP coursebook evaluation. Results indicate the requirements for the coursebook redesign, which involve adding more tasks for the acquisition of linguistic means for expressing different language functions, including more material for recycling and reinforcement focused mainly on vocabulary practice and increasing the level of difficulty of listening passages. Based on these results, I discuss the ESP coursebook design principles related to multi-skill tasks, and professional vocabulary and language functions acquisition.

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