ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

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ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION 1. What is ESP? One of the most established t eaching approaches in English Language Teaching (ELT). Informed by over 50 years of research and practice. Influential in academ i c settings and the workplace. Eclectic approach: incorporates element from different approaches:  Communicative Language Teaching (clt)  Task - Based Languge Teaching (tblt)  Corpus analysis, etc. Own unique features:  Commitment to learner - centeredness  Connection with specialist subjects  Focus on collaboration English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is an approach to language teaching that targets the current and/or future academic or occupational needs of learners, focuses on the necessary language, genres, and skills to address these needs, and assists learners in meeting these needs through the use of general and/or discipline specific teaching materials and methods. (Anthony, 2018). 2. ESP vs English for General Purposes. What do we mean by specific in Language for Specific Purposes or English for Specific Purposes? ESP EGP Adult learners Any age learners Learners have a common goal Learners have a quite range...