ESP Online Learning in the Post-COVID19 Pandemic EraA Step towards Autonomy, Intercultural Competence, and Critical Thinking

سلامة سيد علي

Article Details

ESP Online Learning in the Post-COVID19 Pandemic EraA Step towards Autonomy, Intercultural Competence, and Critical Thinking

Authors:

سلامة سيد علي

Publisher:

Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef

Journal:

Journal of Languages and Translation Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.46-55

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001542240

pISSN:

2773-3505

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Abstract:

 The closure of educational institutions across the globe due to the COVID-19 sanitary crisis has highlighted technology as the only tool to continue teaching and learning process. However, continuity should not be regarded as the sole objective of remote education. Put differently, while initially conceived a measure to cope with the unprecedented disruptions, remote education revealed significant potential beyond education continuity and mere knowledge transmission. Throughout this paper, it is argued that technology-mediated education cannot be only used to continue curriculum delivery and transmit subject-knowledge, but also to develop students’ skills: autonomous learning, critical thinking, and intercultural communicative competence. The central argument is that ICTs, which have added another facet to language teaching/learning process, bring to the fore the necessity to link language mastery to autonomy, intercultural competence, and critical thinking. To this end, the article proposes an approach to ESP education based on the socio-constructivist learning theories. The principles of the proposed approach make it possible to reciprocally develop professional and life skills which are of high importance for future engineers. By aligning the socio-constructivist principles with the potentialities of ICT, this paper presents a research-informed perspective on enhancing ESP education in the digital age by making a shift in the perception of remote education from a temporary necessity to a valuable and permanent component of modern education, essential for fostering skill development and preparing Algerian engineering students for the challenges of the 21st century.

Article Details

ESP Online Learning in the Post-COVID19 Pandemic EraA Step towards Autonomy, Intercultural Competence, and Critical Thinking

Authors:

سلامة سيد علي

Publisher:

Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef

Journal:

Journal of Languages and Translation Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.46-55

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001542240

pISSN:

2773-3505

ESP

future engineer

ICTs

life skills

online education

Issues

Article Details

ESP Online Learning in the Post-COVID19 Pandemic EraA Step towards Autonomy, Intercultural Competence, and Critical Thinking

Authors: سلامة سيد علي

Publisher: Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef

Journal: Journal of Languages and Translation Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.46-55

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2025

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001542240

pISSN: 2773-3505

ESP

future engineer

ICTs

life skills

online education

Issues

Authors:

سلامة سيد علي

Publisher:

Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef

Journal:

Journal of Languages and Translation Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.46-55

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001542240

pISSN:

2773-3505