Developing ESP study materials for engineering students

Nowadays, thanks to internationalization and globalization, university students have an opportunity to study abroad or work in multinational companies either abroad or in their home countries. This is also true for engineering students of the Faculty of Informatics and Management (FIM) of the University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. In order to help them succeed in their foreign studies and on the job market, teachers of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) try to meet their language needs. Although there exist a number of different ESP textbooks, most of these textbooks, however, due to the complexity of topics and grammar structures, cannot meet specific needs of these students. Therefore the purpose of this article is to discuss some of the issues of ESP materials development. These include methodological principles and approaches to the ESP materials development and a detailed exploration of ESP materials production.