Gatehouse - Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Curriculum Development. The Internet TESL Journal Kristen Gatehousekhoey [at] khae-service.comwww.khae-service.com Based on insights gained from developing the curriculum for Language Preparation for Employment in the Health Sciences and a review of the literature on ESP, this paper is intended to offer theoretical support for ESL instructors developing ESP curricula for ESL contexts.
Background Information and Statement of Purpose In late 1999, I was asked to develop a content-based curriculum for a ten-week course for a select group of immigrants living in Ottawa, Canada. The course was held at Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology and was funded by the Language for Employment Related Needs Project (LERN). Dudley Evans and St. Teachercourse designer and materials providercollaboratorresearcherevaluator.It is the role of ESP practitioner as course designer and materials provider that this paper addresses. The Origins of ESP Certainly, a great deal about the origins of ESP could be written. Glossary: define ESP English for Specific Purposes. Aizukiyo97.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) English for Specific Purposes: What does it mean. English for Specific Purposes: What does it mean?
Why is it different? Laurence Anthony Dept. of Information and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama 700, Japan anthony 'at' ice.ous.ac.jp 1. From the early 1960's, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has grown to become one of the most prominent areas of EFL teaching today. 2. As described above, ESP has had a relatively long time to mature and so we would expect the ESP community to have a clear idea about what ESP means. Definition of ESP (Dudley-Evans, 1997) Absolute Characteristics1. Variable Characteristics1. The definition Dudley-Evans offers is clearly influenced by that of Strevens (1988), although he has improved it substantially by removing the absolute characteristic that ESP is "in contrast with 'General English'" (Johns et al., 1991: 298), and has included more variable characteristics. 3.
If we agree with this definition,, we begin to see how broad ESP really is. English for specific purposes. Definition of ESP[edit] Absolute characteristics[edit] ESP is defined to meet specific needs of the learners (Maslow's hierarchy of needs).ESP makes use of underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves.ESP is centered on the language appropriate to these activities in terms of grammar, lexis, register, study skills, discourse and genre.
Variable characteristics[edit] Strevens' (1988) ESP may be, but is not necessarily: restricted as to the language skills to be learned (e.g. reading only);not taught according to any pre-ordained methodology (pp.1-2) Anthony (1997) ESP may be related to or designed for specific disciplines;ESP may use, in specific teaching situations, a different methodology from that of general English;ESP is likely to be designed for adult learners, either at a tertiary level institution or in a professional work situation. Teaching[edit] ESP is taught in many universities of the world. See also[edit] References[edit] Notes[edit] Hutchinson, T. & A.