Applications of genre analysis to developing reading materials for ESP
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
al-Saharani, Abd al-Wahhab Abbashar
University
Omdurman Islamic University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
University Country
Sudan
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Date
2009
English Abstract
The aim of this study is to devise a genre-based approach to develop ESP reading materials.
The study states a general claim that a genre approach is the best to produce such material.
The potentials of this approach outlined in the study was its sociocultural orientation.
Because in analyzing texts, this approach relies on established elements which are the discourse community and the communicative purpose.
This would lead to spotting sociocultural meanings in texts in addition to identifying their schemata in a way related to this meaning.
This would fit with the reality that ESP texts are constrained in their meaning by the sociocultural contexts in which they are produced.
ESP learners who are new to the texts' genres are likely to miss the communicative purpose of the text which is genre-bound.
So, using genre as a method of language analysis would yield a reliable mechanism for spotting genre-bound meaning because it means to closely relate patterns of language analysis to the learners' purposes for learning.
Besides, a genre-based training for ESP learners will lead to a proper access to information in subject specific texts and will constitute a good basis for relevant reading tasks.
The study proceeds on to give a detailed description for the procedure of devising tasks with the intention of helping untrained readers by enabling them to process and acquire genre-bound meaning in texts.
All the tasks have been based on meaning areas spotted in authentic texts analyzed by genre.
The study came to some main findings the most important of which is the consistency and efficiency of the genre approach in devising the tasks.
In addition to, the genre approach produces an objective orientation at the part of the material designer instead of relying on intuition and personal speculations in devising ESP materials.
Main Subjects
Topics
No. of Pages
207
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Review of literature.
Chapter Three : Methodology and research procedures
Chapter Four : Data presentation and discussion.
Chapter Five : Summary, conclusions and recommendations.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Husayn, Yasir Hasan. (2009). Applications of genre analysis to developing reading materials for ESP. (Doctoral dissertations Theses and Dissertations Master). Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Husayn, Yasir Hasan. Applications of genre analysis to developing reading materials for ESP. (Doctoral dissertations Theses and Dissertations Master). Omdurman Islamic University. (2009).
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Husayn, Yasir Hasan. (2009). Applications of genre analysis to developing reading materials for ESP. (Doctoral dissertations Theses and Dissertations Master). Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
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Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-373399
