Learning the Language of Dentistry

This book explores the affordances of disciplinary corpora for the teaching and learning of the language of dentistry, within the field of English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP). We extract disciplinary register features and vocabulary from three key genres of the dentistry discipline (published experimental research articles, case reports, and novice/professional research reports within the Dental Public Health domain), before integrating these features into ESAP pedagogy in the form of corpus-based ESAP materials that promote student-led direct engagement with disciplinary corpora - an approach known as 'data-driven learning'. This book is a timely and relevant addition to the field of corpus linguistics and ESAP, and is especially targeted at ESAP professionals who are required to teach disciplinary discourses but who may struggle to know what to teach as non-experts of the target discipline.

Aceasta carte exploreaza accesibilitatea corpurilor disciplinare pentru predarea si invatarea limbii stomatologice, in domeniul limbii engleze in scopuri academice specifice (ESAP). Extragem caracteristici de registru disciplinar si vocabular din trei genuri cheie ale disciplinei stomatologice (articole de cercetare experimentale publicate, rapoarte de caz si rapoarte de cercetare pentru incepatori / profesionisti din domeniul sanatatii publice dentare), inainte de a integra aceste caracteristici in pedagogia ESAP sub forma de corpus - materiale ESAP bazate pe promovarea angajamentului direct condus de elevi cu corpuri disciplinare - o abordare cunoscuta sub numele de „invatare bazata pe date”.