Teaching English for Specific Purposes

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Teaching English for Specific Purposes

• English Basic Training Tool for Border Guard
  Working at Airports

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Content

• What is ESP?
• Characteristics of ESP (absolute and variable
  characteristics)
• ESP and General English
• Developing an English for Specific Purposes Course

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What is ESP?

• the teaching of English for any purpose that
  could be specified
• the teaching of English used in academic studies
  or the teaching of English for vocational or
  professional purposes

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Characteristics of ESP

• Absolute characteristics
• - ESP - meets specific needs of the learners -
  ESP - makes use of underlying methodology and
  activities of the discipline it serves - ESP -
  centered on the language appropriate to specific
  activities

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• Variable characteristics
• - ESP - related to or designed for specific
  disciplines
  - ESP uses a different
  methodology from that of General English - ESP
  - designed for adult learners, either at a
  tertiary level institution or in a professional
  work situation
• - ESP - designed for intermediate or advanced
  students assuming the existence of some basic
  knowledge

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ESP and General English

• Question' What is the difference between the ESP
  and General English approach?
• Answer In theory nothing, in practice a great
  deal".
• ESP assesses needs and integrates motivation,
  subject matter and content for the teaching of
  relevant skills.

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Developing an English for Specific Purposes Course

• Usage of a learner centered approach
• Steps taken
• - Students' analysis
• - Formulation of goals and objectives of the
  course
• - Conceptualizing the content (communicative
  competence, intercultural competence, vocabula-ry
  awareness)
• - Selecting and developing ESP materials ?
• - Course planning
• -Evaluating the course

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• Questions? ?