Journal of English Language Teaching

‘Do-It-Yourself’ English Courses for Higher Education

Dr Vijayakumar Chintalapalli

Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.

Keywords: Concordances, corpora, lexical-grammatical items, DIY Courses, genre pedagogy, ESP, learner-centeredness

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Abstract

Do-It-Yourself is an innovative practice in ELT, where the students have the autonomy to pursue their language interests. When combined with modern corpus tools such as concordances and genre pedagogy, the DIY courses can enable learners learn various aspects of language crucial for their success on specific academic programs. In this paper, I propose to introduce the concept of DIY in ESP courses in higher education context and show how they can truly promote learner-centredness in an ESP education

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