1. E.S.P
William E. Yugsán
April 17, 2015

2. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is a subdivision of a wider field
Language for Specific Purposes (LSP)
“…the area of inquiry and practice in the
development of language programs for
people who need a language to meet a
predictable range of communicative needs.”
Swales, 1992
Before the definition of poetry some impressions first

3. What is ESP?
“English for specific purposes is a term that refers to teaching or studying English for a particular career (like law, medicine, business)”.
(InternationalTeacher Training Organization, 2005)
ESP is a type of ELT (English Language Teaching) which is defined as a “Goal-oriented language learning”
(Robinson, Pauline C., ed. Hywel Coleman, 1989, p 398)
the diversity of things to be conveyed using poetry also shows the magnitude of its resources

4. ESP is an approach
“It is an approach to language learning , which is based on learner need”
Hutchinson & Waters (1987)
“It is an approach to language teaching in which all decision as to content
and method are based on the learner’s reason for learning”
Hutchinson & Waters (1987)
Why does this learner need to learn a foreign language?
The answer:
About the learners themselves
The type of language
The learning context

5. ESP emphasizes Language Learning Language Use Characteristics of ESP
1. ABSOLUTE
2. VARIABLE
1. Absolute
ESP is defined to meet specific needs of the learner
2. ESP makes use of the underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves
3. ESP is centred on the language (grammar, lexis, register), skills, discourse and categories appropriate to these activities

6. 4. Learner-centered, second/foreign language training
5. Characterized by the use of appropriate, authentic tasks & materials (specificity and relevance)
2. VARIABLE
1. ESP may use, in specific teaching situations, a different methodology
2. ESP is likely to be designed for adult learners, either at a tertiary level institution
or in a professional work situation
3. ESP is generally designed for intermediate or advanced students
4. Most ESP courses assume some basic knowledge of the language, but it
can be used with beginners (Dudley-Evans, 1998).

7. English language training:
General English
Target
Foreign / Second language students
Coping
Skills
Listening, pronunciation, reading, composition, grammar, study skills common to all disciplines; that is, English for general academic purposes
ESP
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)*
Target
Studying to enter professions, focusing on the language of
academic performance (and sometimes preparing for near-future identified workplace needs)
Fields
Business, Engineering, Medicine, Information Technology, Law, among others.

8. English for Occupational Purposes (EOP)
Target
Employed in industry sectors, focusing on the language of job performance (or preparing for identified employment opportunities)
Fields:
Industry sectors, government, United Nations, NGOs

9. What kinds of ESP are taught?
EAP
English for Academic Purposes
EOP
English for Occupational Purposes
EBP
English for Business Purposes
ELP
English for Legal Purposes
EMP
English for Medical Purposes
EAMP
English for Academic Medical Purposes
EABP
English for Academic Business Purposes
EALP
English for Academic Legal Purposes

10. ESP learners
1. Language learners who are in the process of developing expertise in their fields need English communication skills as tools in their training.
2. Language learners who are already experts in their fields need English communication skills as tools in their work.
Vocabulary / Technical Vocabulary
Collocations

11. disease die from/ of have suffer from cause
diagnose treat combat fight control manage cure prevent eradicate
catch contract get
disease
carry pass on spread transmit

12. common obscure rare
(non-)communicable contagious infectious
dangerous serious mild chronic acute
congenital hereditary inherited
preventable
disease
childhood tropical insect-borne water-borne occupational sexually transmitted social venereal
degenerative deadly fatal (in)curable killer terminal