Implementation of LMS Activities in the Adoption of ESP in Higher Education

Ever since they first appeared, Learning Management Systems (LMS) have had an important role in higher education. Their role has proven to be of extreme importance in the teaching of the English language for Specific Purposes (ESP). The reason behind their importance lies in the fact that they help activate the six levels of the cognitive domain in Bloom's taxonomy, which then facilitates and enhances the process of language adoption for non-native speakers. As the article deals with the adoption of ESP in higher education, the emphasis is on the students' acquisition of vocabulary, which paves the way for them to enter the world of their chosen profession beyond the borders of their native language. We have thus narrowed down the area of our interest to three LMS activities connected to the ESP vocabulary acquisition - Glossary, Hot Potatoes, Wiki. Nowadays, students at various engineering departments use LMS in their ESP courses, and hence, a case study approach has been examined in terms of their use of the above-mentioned activities and the advances students procure with the help of the system.