Developing teaching materials for english special purposes

DEVELOPING TEACHING MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH SPECIAL PURPOSES

CONTENT

• WHAT IS ESP?
• CHARACTERISTICS OF ESP (ABSOLUTE AND VARIABLE CHARACTERISTICS)
• ESP AND GENERAL ENGLISH
• DEVELOPING AN ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES COURSE

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF ESP

• PEOPLE LEARN LANGUAGES WHEN THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND AND WORK WITH LANGUAGE IN A CONTEXT THAT THEY COMPREHEND AND FIND INTERESTING. IN THIS VIEW, ESP IS A POWERFUL MEANS FOR SUCH OPPORTUNITIES. STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE ENGLISH AS THEY WORK WITH MATERIALS WHICH THEY FIND INTERESTING AND USEFUL FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL WORK AND FURTHER STUDIES.

VARIABLE CHARACTERISTICS

• 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

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.

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

• QUESTIONS? 