Developments in ESP : a multi-disciplinary approach

By: Dudley-Evans, TonyContributor(s): St John, Maggie JoMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: xv, 301 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521593298 ; 9780521593298 ; 0521596750 ; 9780521596756 ; 3125333067 ; 9783125333062Subject(s): English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | English language -- Technical English -- Study and teaching | English language -- Business English -- Study and teaching | Interdisciplinary approach in educationDDC classification: 428.24
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. A historical perspective on ESP -- 3. English for Academic Purposes -- 4. English for Business Purposes -- 5. Language issues in ESP -- 6. The skills in EAP and EOP -- 7. Needs analysis and evaluation -- 8. Course design -- 9. The role of materials -- 10. Classroom practice and beyond -- 11. Assessment: Continuous assessment and testing -- Guidance for tasks.
Summary: English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is now well established as an important and distinctive part of English Language Teaching. Since the late 1980's ESP has changed in two very significant respects. Firstly, English for Business Purposes has become an increasingly important, even dominant, area of ESP. Secondly, the work of discourse and genre analysis on the one hand and the results of computer-based analysis on the other provide a fuller understanding of how specific texts, both written and spoken, work. It provides an update of these major developments in ESP and a summary of where the discipline is now. It is practical and accessible while covering a wide range of both theoretical and methodological topics. It also charts how ESP has been influenced by new ideas in the areas of management training, human resource development, sociology and intercultural training.
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Included Index.

1. Introduction --
2. A historical perspective on ESP --
3. English for Academic Purposes --
4. English for Business Purposes --
5. Language issues in ESP --
6. The skills in EAP and EOP --
7. Needs analysis and evaluation --
8. Course design --
9. The role of materials --
10. Classroom practice and beyond --
11. Assessment: Continuous assessment and testing --
Guidance for tasks.

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is now well established as an important and distinctive part of English Language Teaching. Since the late 1980's ESP has changed in two very significant respects. Firstly, English for Business Purposes has become an increasingly important, even dominant, area of ESP. Secondly, the work of discourse and genre analysis on the one hand and the results of computer-based analysis on the other provide a fuller understanding of how specific texts, both written and spoken, work. It provides an update of these major developments in ESP and a summary of where the discipline is now. It is practical and accessible while covering a wide range of both theoretical and methodological topics. It also charts how ESP has been influenced by new ideas in the areas of management training, human resource development, sociology and intercultural training.

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