A Genre Analysis Approach in Teaching Marine Electrical Engineers Texts

9th International Scientific Conference Technics and Informatics in Education – TIE 2022 (2022) стр. 408-413

АУТОР(И): Milena Dževerdanović Pejović

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DOI: 10.46793/TIE22.408Q

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Genre analysis has become a prevalent approach in the linguistic analysis of various specialized genres. A concept of genre, emerging from literature, has received a broader dimension in the last decade, focusing on establishing recognized structures and language exponents of a specific genre in a particular discourse community. In addition, the expansion of ESP and the rise of subgenres in many rising professional vocations require users to have competence in the English language. In addition, language researchers need ‘to dig into’ the pragmatic context of genres. With this mind and resting on the concept of genre and discourse communities, the paper sheds light on how the genre analysis approach can be applied in teaching different marine electrical genres to students and future ETO officers. The marine electrical engineering discourse community is specific and relatively novel. In this paper, the focus is placed on seafarers, future electro-technical officers and the analysis of genres they utilize in their professional work on board ships. The results of the paper can be inspiring to ESP teachers involved in teaching specialized and technical genres.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ: 

ESP; genre; marine electrical engineering; discourse community.

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