English language education for specific professional needs

Author

Orr, Thomas

Author_Institution

Center for Language Res., Univ. of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan

Volume

44

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

207

Lastpage

211

Abstract

One newcomer to English language education, with research beginning in the 1960s, is English for Specific Purposes (ESP), a discipline that has experienced remarkable growth in the last 20 years in numbers of specialists, programs, and publications as well as in quality of research and education. ESP is English language instruction designed to meet the specific learning needs of a specific learner or group of learners within a specific time frame for which instruction in general English will not suffice, Most often, this instruction involves orientation to specific spoken and written English, usually unfamiliar to the average speaker, which is required to carry out specific academic or workplace tasks. The paper discusses learner needs analysis and course design

Keywords

educational courses; professional communication; English for Specific Purposes; English language education; academic tasks; educational course design; learning needs; professional communication; workplace tasks; Books; Context; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Electrostatic precipitators; Employment; Loudspeakers; Natural languages; Professional communication; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0361-1434

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/47.946467

Filename

946467