New Technologies and Genre Variation. Printed and Electronic Documents in Tertiary Education ESP ' Courses

Ncw teclinologies are as present nowadays in university as they are in society in general, influcncing al1 aspects OS tlie teaching-learning dynaniics. Within this electronic environment new gcnre types have arisen wliich sliould be as familiar to students as computers themselves. In this cliapter tlie impact of teclinologies on genre variation is discussed, especially in relation to aullientic nialerial as teaching support. This influence is shown in a specific ESP area, that OS English Ior Library and lnforniation Science (LIS), exaniining the possibilities, based on the relationsliip between older and newer genres, that are brought into the classrooni. An example of clianges brought about by Information Technologies on a classroom project is given: this now involves using web sites as a resource for the construction of leaflets. Following this, some advantages derived froni its inipleiiientation during two academic years are discussed. The conclusions point to tlie benelit that new genre exploration in the ESP classrooni offers for the building of acadeniic literacy at tertiary level