Focus includes how to expand course book activities to create a more communicative and stimulating learning environment and how to select topics, recycle language items, and identify problem areas. As the restructuring of workplaces has become an economic imperative worldwide, work practices are being based on greater consultation and teamwork. This presentation outlines the linguistic research carried out on the spoken language of teamwork and consultation and describes the training for all employees. Establishing a role for communication skills within the traditionally task-based discipline of the architecture design studio poses interesting problems for ESP curriculum design. Student reaction statements accompany the display.
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These activities help students practice their speaking skills. Participants will have the opportunity to customize an activity and design a lesson plan to compliment their own ESL learning environments. This presentation will outline the curriculum, learning outcomes, admission requirements, and procedures. Individual reports on research, writing, and practice address these interrelated issues. Responses from panelists and the audience will follow.