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Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes Helen Basturkmen
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ReplyDelete · mastura khatib January 15, 2009 at 10:33 AM. JournalKey Issues in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Curriculum Development_道法自然_新浪博客,道法自然, Designing specific courses to better meet these individual needs was a natural extension of this thinking. This was done for two different groups of students with two different needs--English for Specific Academic Purposes and English for General Academic Purposes. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is a young and developing branch of EFL in Russia. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classes focus on both the structure and lexis needed for a particular field as well as the types of activities that the student is expected to perform within the profession. The thematic and non-thematic issues aim to give an insight into the specifics of ESP, notably in its linguistic, discursive, cultural and didactic aspects, and also to develop our knowledge of the various specific English registers used for different purposes. The students improved not only their confidence to handle genres but also their attitude toward language learning, as explicit instruction provided them with "a concrete opportunity to acquire conceptual and cultural frameworks to undertake writing tasks beyond the courses in which such teaching occurs" (Cheng, 2006, p. ASp publishes research articles, publication listings and reviews related to the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for both teaching and research. Keywords: ESP, Course Design, Airline Agents Introduction English for specific purpose (ESP) has for about 30 years been a separate branchof English language Teaching (ELT). Strategy of English for For example, business students might decide to concentrate on the financial aspects of the business, whereas art and design students might decide to concentrate on the design of advertising and the establishment. English for Specific Purpose (ESP). They offer a wide range of courses from general English to English for Specific Purposes (such as Information Technology and Business), offering a 'white label' solution that carries the branding of the organizations using their materials. Nazarova (1996) shows, for many years ESP instruction was limited to training special lexicon and translating numerous texts. English for academic purpose (EAP) “parcipant needs English to persue part of all of his studies.” Phases in At first, register analysis was used to design esp course. Article title: Developing an English for specific purposes course using the learner centred approach:A Russsian experience by Pavel V. Courses prepare students for IELTS and Cambridge examinations and we also offer English for Specific Purposes such as business and executive English.