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Aug, 2014 
RY TO MEDICAL STUDENTS 
Ewa Donesch-Jezo, 
Alina Pachonska-Wolowska 
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland 
ESP context is a vital part of English 
language teaching at a university level. The purpose of ESP classes is to 
prepare university students to communicate effectively in their target work 
f this paper 
provides a theoretical basis for the presentation of a variety of exercises 
aiming at the teaching of Medical English. In the second part, the authors 
of this paper present the examples of activities designed for their students 
n ESP classes conducted by them. These exercises 
term memory storage 
Since 1960s English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has become a vital activity within 
the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) or English as a Second Language 
(TESL). ESP is an approach in which English language teaching is tailored to the specific 
learning and language use needs of identified groups of students (Hutchinson and Waters, 
Evans and St John (1998) define ESP in terms of “absolute” and “variable” 
characteristics. Absolute characteristics are: it meets specific needs of the learners, it makes 
use of underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves, it is centered on the 
language appropriate to these activities in terms of grammar, lexis, register, study skills, 
it may be related to or 
designed for specific disciplines, it may use, in specific teaching situations, a different 
methodology from that of General English, it is likely to be designed for adult learners, either 
nstitution or in a professional work situation, it is generally designed for 

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