The use of English educational portals in listening and speaking teaching and learning in the ESP context

Abstract

Besides reading and writing skills the learning and development of listening and speaking abilities have afflicted and worried a great number of learners, especially in the ESP context. Thinking about it, this study selected and investigated listening and speaking activities displayed in five English educational portals with the objective of identifying what kind of pedagogical tasks and exercises are suggested and their textual configuration in the digital context. The results revealed that the majority of activities can be considered as additional instructional materials which could be used in the classroom because of the relevant issues presented. However, to be used directly in the digital context, these activities need to be reformulated and adapted in order to allowing teachers and learners use all the technological resources in an effective and functional way.