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Specialized Language Instruction
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Specialized Language Instruction refers to a domain-oriented approach to language education that focuses on developing learners’ linguistic competence for specific professional, academic, or disciplinary contexts rather than general-purpose communication [1]. It is characterized by the systematic selection and organization of language knowledge, communicative practices, and instructional objectives according to the discourse conventions, communicative purposes, and literacy requirements of a particular field or community [1][2]. The concept differs from general language instruction in that it is defined by its alignment with the specialized communicative needs and practices of a specific domain, while also overlapping with approaches such as English for Specific Purposes (ESP), which emphasize the relationship between language learning and target-context requirements [2].

English for Specific Purposes language pedagogy disciplinary literacy domain-specific communication

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  1. Tom Hutchinson; Alan Waters. English for Specific Purposes; Cambridge University Press (CUP): Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1987. [CrossRef]
  2. Ken Hyland; Developments in English for specific purposes: a multi-disciplinary approach; Tony Dudley-Evans and Maggie-Jo St John. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 301 pp.. Engl. Specif. Purp. 2000, 19, 297-300. [CrossRef]
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