Crossing disciplinary boundaries: English-medium education (EME) meets English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

  1. Emma Dafouz
Revista:
Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE )

ISSN: 1139-7241,  2340-2784

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 41

Páginas: 13-38

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.17398/2340-2784.41.13 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE )

Resumen

Enmarcado en el contexto de la internacionalización de la enseñanza superior, este artículo defiende la necesidad de cruzar las fronteras disciplinarias y tender puentes más sólidos entre los ámbitos de la enseñanza de contenidos en inglés y el inglés para fines específicos/académicos (IFE/IFA), especialmente en un momento en que la enseñanza en inglés parece desafiar el statu quo de los profesionales de IFE/IFA. Para ello, este artículo describe primero brevemente los objetos de estudio - ESP/EAP y EME - y examina la relación entre ambos. En segundo lugar, el trabajo describe lo que se denominan las “zonas de divergencia” entre estos dos enfoques educativos. En esta sección, se abordan las diferencias en los objetivos curriculares, en la forma de conceptualizar el inglés, en los perfiles de estudiantes y de profesores, así como en las prácticas pedagógicas desarrolladas. En tercer lugar, en la sección titulada “zonas de convergencia” se profundiza en los puntos de contacto de las teorías y prácticas sobre las que se sustentan EME y ESP con el fin de salvar las posibles diferencias. Finalmente, la última parte del artículo, titulada “zonas emergentes”, ofrece sugerencias para la investigación conjunta y el desarrollo de programas de formación del profesorado que respondan realmente a las necesidades actuales tanto de los profesionales de EME y ESP/EAP como de sus estudiantes

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My thanks to the reviewers, and to ute Smit, for their comments on earlier versions of this paper. My gratitude also goes to Carmen Sancho guinda, editor-in-chief and ruth Breeze, executive editor of IBErICA, for making the whole editing process so straightforward. This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y universidades [grant number PID2019-103862rB-100].

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