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The article explores how the 7Cs framework, a student-centric approach and a new learning paradigm, can foster language proficiency, cultural understanding, and interdisciplinary collaboration in professional English learning among university students in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). In this study, the „JobLab approach“ was used to simulate real-world tasks tailored to the specific needs of graduates, meeting the demands of the 21st century. The approach’s seven key elements, content, context, communi...

The study examines the impact of innovative Project-based learning (PBL) on enhancing the graduate English language learning approach called „JobLab“ at the University of Zilina, Slovakia. The paper explores the efficacy of integrating JobLab’s project-based approach into the learning framework to enhance graduate students’ verbal creativity and presentation proficiency. Forty-four graduates were divided into an experimental group (N=22) with project-based training and a control group (N=22) with conventio...

In the digital society variety of technological tools became available that bring the new tutoring student-centred ecosystem enhancing professional English L2 teaching/learning skills and abilities. The work aims at adopting technology in education (EdTech) by comparing the advantages and limitations and addressing experimental evidence on the effectiveness of technology-based approaches by developing English communication skills for graduates. The pre-experimental phase recognised and mapped the most effective an...

The work aims to apply a divergent and convergent approach in teaching professional English focused on developing verbal creativity within the training of communication skills for university students. The research involved 50 students of economics in an experimental group with a divergent approach (N = 25) and a control group with a traditional convergent approach (N = 25) at the University of Zilina in an engineering study within an 8-week experiment. Before/after the experiment, verbal creativity in topic-based ...

The work aims to identify how to enhance the communicative competence of undergraduates by introducing a teacher-supported online "Job Lab" English language course on oral speaking skills training. The course goal was to meet the needs of non-native students of Economics (50 participants) who formed two groups with a different approach (videotaping and without). The main task was creating, delivering, and evaluating oral speaking using an assessment rubric and learn how to give/get constructive feedback. Before th...

The objective of the work is the application of contrastive approach in teaching English pronunciation for Slovak learners. As the global character of English language is strengthened every day, the only knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary is not sufficient as the importance of being able to lead an intelligible and practical communication plays a vital role as well. Therefore, at finding out some of the useful ways we can make an improvement in terms of teaching and learning pronunciation in English lesso...