摘要：AbstractThe paper deals with a students’ activity within the teaching technology-supported English for specific purposes (ESP) for engineering students. First, the background and motivation for running such type of activity is introduced; second, the design is described in detail; third, the samples of students’ activities are introduced, and finally data reflecting students’ feedback (satisfaction with the activity) are presented. Students involved in the projects were matriculated in the part-time study at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove in Applied Informatics and Information Management study programmes. They created a teaching/learning aid on the CD-ROM using the Internet as the main sources of information and called it “IT Reader for university students”. The reader contained more than 200 professional texts focusing on informatics and related problems and their recordings in mp3 format. Each student provided two texts of one-A4 page length and translated selected professional expressions which s/he considered difficult for other students using tools Insert, Comments. As students’ level of IT English knowledge differed, the provided texts included all levels and each student could choose the appropriate one to gradually improve their knowledge in ESP. Both the texts and recordings worked as tools/means towards improving the listening comprehension skill. This activity has been included in the ESP syllabus since 2008/9 academic year. Students ‘feedback on using such a method of independent work is presented in conclusion.
关键词：technology-supported instruction;teaching;learning;English for specific purposes;ESP;higher education;engineering pedagogy.
