Esp vocabulary Teaching at the Vocational Secondary School of Furniture Industry

Stage 11: Assessment, short summary of the lesson, Homework Time: 2 minutes Interaction: T
Aim: to sum up the lesson to keep in Ss mind and to give Ss the opportunity to consolidate the new ESP vocabulary
Procedure: HW: describe 5 measuring tools you use the most at the school workshop


Conclusion
It was the rapid development of new technologies at the beginning of 1990s that contributed to the formation of learners who started learning English not only for pleasure but also for specific purposes. They indispensably needed to understand manuals, to purchase or distribute products, or to read specialized textbooks and journals. English has become a global language of various industrial and business branches. There are more opportunities for Czech people to exploit not only their general English knowledge, but they can also study different subjects in English or provide qualified work.

The main aim of the thesis is to find out the best way how to motivate mostly teenage students for learning wood/furniture vocabulary and how to teach them with the best effect. The appendix is in the form of a hand-out intended as a practical teaching/learning material used as an additional textbook through the terms. The topics are chosen as the most important for students specialized in the branch of wood/furniture industry. The system of practical exercises support the learning of new vocabulary - it provides better understanding of the basic meaning of unfamiliar words and using them in appropriate contexts. My teaching experience has proved that acquiring the vocabulary connected with the wood/furniture terminology is not so effort-demanding, the new words can be fairly easily acquired by providing practical exercises.

I suppose this thesis might become useful for both teachers and students/apprentices, and above all, it will not be only the academic work written for bachelor studies at university. Moreover, the practical part might be used not only at the vocational/technical secondary schools, but also by the students at technical universities, e.g. Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology.

Résumé

The bachelor thesis “ESP Vocabulary Teaching at the Vocational Secondary School of Furniture Industry” deals with teaching of special terminology at the technical secondary school. The theoretical part is devoted to the brief summary of general principles of vocabulary teaching and emphasizes the specific factors in teaching ESP vocabulary. The stress is put predominantly on the practical part and appendix, which is actually a small textbook containing a set of topics chosen intentionally as the most important in the wood/furniture industry. The main goal is to demonstrate vocabulary teaching in the broad variety of practical exercises with the vivid visual presentation to remember the new words more actively. Teaching material has become a part of the school educational programme at the vocational secondary school.

Resumé
Bakalářská práce “Výuka odborné slovní zásoby na střední odborné škole nábytkářské” se zabývá výukou odborné terminologie na technické střední škole. Teoretická část se věnuje stručnému přehledu základních principů při výuce slovní zásoby a zdůrazňuje specifické faktory výuky odborné slovní zásoby. Důraz je položen zejména na praktickou část a přílohu, která je vlastně malou učebnicí, obsahující témata z nejdůležitějších oblastí dřevařského a nábytkářského průmyslu. Hlavním cílem je demonstrovat výuku slovní zásoby formou široké škály praktických cvičení s názornou vizuální prezentací k aktivnějšímu zapamatování nových slov. Výukový materiál se již stal součástí školního vzdělávacího programu na střední odborné škole.