Pride and prejudice: The relationship between ESP and training

Richards, Keith

doi:10.1016/0889-4906(89)90013-6

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“…To distinguish between these two types of English language learning, the terms GE and ESP are used. Far (2008) stated that GE relates to a situation, such as a school, where needs and interests cannot be determined. In order to achieve objectives such as ESP, it is more important to provide a diversity of foundations than to provide exhaustive and selected specifications.…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Preparatory School Students' Perceptions of Learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for International Relations

TUNAZ,

AKSU ATAÇ

2023

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Özel amaçlı İngilizce (ESP), birlikte İngilizce öğrenen bir grup insanın benzer gereksinimlere ve beklentilere sahip olacağı fikrine dayanmaktadır. ESP'nin özellikle yetişkin öğrenciler olmak üzere üniversite öğrencileri arasında genel dil öğrenme motivasyonunu yükseltmede etkili olduğu gösterilmiştir. Bir öğrencinin yabancı dil sınıfındaki ihtiyaçlarının analizi, sınıfta en yararlı olacak dilsel türler ve kelime dağarcığı gibi faktörlere ve bu tür bilgileri aktarmanın en etkili yollarına odaklanır. Yüzde Yüz İngilizce olan bölümlerde, tüm fakülte dersleri İngilizce olarak verilmektedir; bu nedenle, gelen birinci sınıf öğrencilerinin ana dallarına başlamadan önce tam bir yıl boyunca İngilizce dil kursu almaları zorunludur. Ancak bu çalışmada öğrenciler, İngilizce öğretmenliği hariç diğer tüm bölümlerdeki öğrencilerle aynı şekilde, yalnızca genel İngilizce dersleri almaktadırlar. Bu nedenle, bu araştırmanın amacı, Uluslararası İlişkiler öğrencilerinin ne ölçüde özel amaçlı İngilizce ’ye ihtiyaç duyduklarını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Veriler, öğrenci merkezli ihtiyaç analizi anketi, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme ve ihtiyaç analizi anketinin bir parçası olarak doküman analizi yoluyla toplanmış ve ortaya çıkan veriler, tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve içerik analizi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgulara göre, müfredat, öğrencilerin okul başarısı için dilsel gereksinimlerine yeterince hitap etmemektedir. Bunun yerine, şu anda sunulan standart İngilizce derslerine ek olarak, özellikle konuşma ve yazma becerilerini içermesi gereken, gelecekteki kariyerleriyle bağlantılı özel bir ESP dersine ihtiyaçları vardır.

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Preparatory School Students' Perceptions of Learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for International Relations

TUNAZ,

AKSU ATAÇ

2023

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“…He says that Business English focuses on the development of communicative competence for business settings, that is, target situations or situated contexts in business. According to Richards (1989), it is concerned with the specific ability to sensitively address the context, which likely leads to success. Since this course was designed to address the professional needs of pre-job experience students, and in order to research language use and the 'what ' and 'how' of it (Dudley-Evans and St John, 1998), a needs analysis was conducted through interviews with WBS undergraduate teachers and students, plus responses taken from a needs analysis questionnaire completed by the learners.…”

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English for Market Research Report Writing: Course Design

Shikoh

2022

ESPEAP

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At undergraduate and postgraduate levels in business schools, lecturers often provide students with a suggested structure for a market research report assignment. Thereafter, the students are left to independently master the appropriate register and the technique of writing for this genre. While many students may learn to be good at business studies, they might fall short in writing despite having to produce several reports at university level. One of the reasons for this shortfall may be that some of the students may lack the confidence to produce reports which meet academic or professional standards in the English language. A short English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course that addresses the technical writing needs of business students as an option or add-on course to undergraduate and postgraduate business curricula could provide the simple solution. It could even be formalised as a credit bearing course to motivate students to undertake it.With a view to the above, as a pilot ESP module, a 15-hour English for Market Research Report Writing Skills course was designed to try and meet the specific needs of undergraduate market research students at the Warwick Business School (WBS). It was intended to be taught under the auspices of the Warwick Skills Certificate Programme at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom (UK).

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“…(Richards 1989: 214) ESP involves a responsibility to a student's occupational aspirations. This responsibility is a training concept and can be exploited by shifting the focus of attention to the environment in which it operates (Richards 1989). This focus would enhance a similarity between ESP and ESL in that both "seek to develop the ability to cope with language as a means of conceptualization and communication" (Widdowson 1983: 108).…”

Section: Strategic Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ESP setting is considerably different from the academic environment ESL learners are prepared for. Richards (1989) and characteristics of the setting which may be useful for familiarizing educators with the dental field. The data and information in this study may be useful for educators studying, selling, or designing ESP courses for learners in the dental field.…”

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Second Language Use in the Workplace: A Case Study of a Dental Hygienist

Crocetti¹

2000

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Pride and prejudice: The relationship between ESP and training

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

Preparatory School Students' Perceptions of Learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for International Relations

Preparatory School Students' Perceptions of Learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for International Relations

English for Market Research Report Writing: Course Design

Second Language Use in the Workplace: A Case Study of a Dental Hygienist

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