E-LEARNING WEB APPLICATION FOR TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES - “ENGLISH AT A CLICK”

Dragana Andrejević, Valentina Nejković

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/JTESAP2201013A
First page
013
Last page
029

Abstract


The web application "English at a Click", presented in this paper is used for learning specialized English. The application can be integrated into a part of a larger distance learning system, used as a supplement to traditional learning or as an independent web application. The current version of the application is implemented as an independent web application. The basic goal is to show the different contexts in which an English word can be used, which helps the user to choose the most appropriate term when translating a text from English into Serbian language and inversely. The application is in the prototype phase and it’s being tested. The tool presented in this paper was created on a free workspace on Oracle Cloud that the author uses for teaching purposes. The application was created with the idea to facilitate the learning of specialized English using modern technologies. The main advantage of the application compared to similar solutions is that it allows automatic text editing. The words from the text are replaced by the selected synonym only in the sentences that the user marks, very simply, with just a few clicks.

 


Keywords

E-learning, Language learning, Web application, Synonyms, ESP

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