AN AGENDA FOR THE RESEARCH OF ESP VOCABULARY ACQUISITION
Keywords:
ESP vocabulary, acquisition, input, output, simulationAbstract
Searching for the best approaches in teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP), particularly ESP vocabulary, and examining the most efficient methods, strategies and activities to promote effective vocabulary acquisition has been a noteworthy line of research in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), but not as much in the field of ESP vocabulary acquisition, especially in the field of Business English for Economists. Increased interest in communicative and interactive approaches to ESP language learning has led to creating this article as a form of (pre)modified input for а research planned to be carried out at the Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac during the winter semester of the academic year 2014. Despite the fact that this article will be descriptive in its nature, it represents the research agenda for the future planned investigation that will provide empirical evidence of influence of (pre)modified input and (pre)modified output on ESP vocabulary acquisition focusing on Task Based Learning (TBL) and experiential teaching and learning methods for
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