Esp vocabulary Teaching at the Vocational Secondary School of Furniture Industry

MASARYK UNIVERSITY BRNO

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Department of English Language and Literature

ESP Vocabulary Teaching
at the Vocational Secondary School of Furniture Industry

Bachelor Thesis

Brno 2008

Author: Ing. Oskar Kraváček Consultant: Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D.

Declaration
I declare that I wrote this thesis by myself and that I used only the sources listed in the bibliography section.
Brno, 20 April 2008 Ing. Oskar Kraváček

Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. I am grateful for his guidance and professional advice on writing the thesis.
Content
Introduction 6
1. Theoretical part 8
1.1. Characteristics of the target group 8
1.2. Motivation of vocational students 9
1.2.1. Sources of motivation 9
1.2.2. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation 9
1.2.3. Instrumental and integrative motivation 10
1.3. Teaching Methods 11
1.3.1. Grammar-translation method 11
1.3.2 Direct method 11
1.3.3. Audio-lingual method 12
1.3.4. Task based learning 12
1.3.5. Total physical response method 13
1.3.6. Suggestopedia 13
1.4. Teaching approaches 14
1.4.1. Lexical approach 14
1.4.2. Communicative approach 14
1.4.3. Eclectic approach 15
1.5. Vocabulary teaching 16
1.5.1. ESP vocabulary teaching 16
1.5.2. Selecting vocabulary 17
1.5.3. Presenting vocabulary 18
1.5.4. Vocabulary consolidation 19
1.5.5. Vocabulary practice 20
1.5.6. ESP vocabulary practice and consolidation 21
2. Practical part 23
2.1. Target students 23
2.2. Linquistic objectives 23
2.3. Target skills and materials 24
2.4. Language functions 24