Creating ESP-based language learning environment to foster critical thinking capabilities in students’ papers

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dc.contributor.authorKarapetian, Alina
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-22T10:39:37Z
dc.date.available2020-07-22T10:39:37Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research is to experimentally evaluate how the “flipped classroom” model used to deliver Business English, which is commonly an integral part to the ESP course at tertiary schools of Economics in Ukraine, to the students majoring in Economics fosters students’ critical thinking skills and improved their academic performances and what students’ perceptions of this model are. The learning environment used a multimedia-based textbook entitled “Business skills through English”. This was experimental research which used a mixed-methods approach. Students’ critical thinking skills and academic performance (learning outcomes) were the variables for this study. Placement tests, needs analysis questionnaires, Course Satisfaction Questionnaire, a test to assess the students’ critical thinking skills were used to collect the statistical data. Cronbach Alpha coefficient was applied to interpret the test on critical thinking data and SPSS AMOS statistical package programme was used to analyse the consolidated data. The study found that the “flipped classroom” model used to deliver ESP and Business English to the students majoring in Economics has the potential to provide a better learning experience for the students and teaching experience for the teachers. This model fosters students’ critical thinking skills by involving them in problem-solving-based learning and improves their academic performances by increasing their responsibility for learning results and stimulating them to use different learning styles. Overall, the above model substitutes a teacher-centered with a student-centered approach that engages learners in the true-to-life business world and language environment. In this way, learning Business English and ESP at higher educational institutions in Ukraine is a move from just training memory (memorizing professionalism-related English vocabulary and doing grammar drills) to applying language as a learning medium in the specifically designed vocational contexts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKarapetian A. Creating ESP-based language learning environment to foster critical thinking capabilities in students’ papers [electronic resource] / Karapetian Alina. // European Journal of Educational Research. - 2020. - Vol. 9, Issue 2. - P. 717-728.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.9.2.717
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17712
dc.language.isoenuk_UA
dc.relation.sourceEuropean Journal of Educational Researchen_US
dc.statusfirst publisheduk_UA
dc.subjectflipped classroomen_US
dc.subjecthigher educational institutionsen_US
dc.subjectmultimedia textbooken_US
dc.subjectstudents majoring in economicsen_US
dc.subjectteachingen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleCreating ESP-based language learning environment to foster critical thinking capabilities in students’ papersen_US
dc.typeArticleuk_UA
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