Vocabulary in teaching of foreign language for specific purposes on the example of English language for students of special education and rehabilitation

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to outline the strategies of selection and learning of professional vocabulary in English language for special purposes teaching. English language for a certain profession falls within what is in English language called English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and as such its aim is to address the specific aim of students. This means that the selection of topics, texts and vocabulary should be in accordance to the basic field which is studied. A syllabus of English language for specific purposes at the Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation of Belgrade University is considered in the paper as an example.

Cilj ovog rada je da prikaže strategije izbora i učenja stručnog vokabulara u nastavi engleskog jezika struke. Engleski jezik struke spada u ono što se na engleskom jeziku zove English for Specific Purposes (ESP), i kao takav pre svega ima za cilj da zadovolji specifične potrebe studenata. To znači da izbor tema, tekstova i vokabulara treba da bude u skladu sa osnovnom oblasti koja se izučava. Kao primer je uzet nastavni plan i program engleskog jezika struke koji se izučava na Fakultetu za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitaciju Univerziteta u Beogradu.