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- Title
THE CONCEPT OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AS AN APPROACH TO LANGUAGE TEACHING.
- Authors
Dugošija, Tatjana
- Abstract
The period following the Second World War has brought immense changes on the economic, political and social levels. The ever-growing levels of globalization, tremendous and continuous progress in science and technology, the development of the world’s economy and internalization of higher education have resulted in people's increased awareness of the importance of successful cross-cultural communication and collaboration as major components of workplace dynamics in a globalized world. Thus the knowledge of English, a global lingua franca, has opened new perspectives for mobility and cooperation in all spheres of human activity. Countries worldwide have recognized the importance of the English language and included it in the curricula at all levels of education. Due to the fact that each profession has its own context, terminology and the manner in which it communicates its ideas, General English courses have frequently failed to respond to learners’ or employers’ needs. The recognized demand for teaching and learning English tailored to the specific needs of learners’ instead of traditionally focusing on teaching language forms, has led to the emergence of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), an approach to language teaching related to the specific purpose for learning English and addressing learners ever growing needs and requirements resulting from labor market demands, and its separation from the concept of General English. Since the 1960s, ESP has grown to become one of the most prominent areas of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching. Its significance is reflected in an increasing number of universities worldwide including ESP as a compulsory subject in their bachelor degree programs in different fields in order to meet their students’ future career needs. The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of ESP on a global level and analyze its major aspects – its historical background, the theories that define it, the types of ESP, the characteristics that distinguish it from English for General Purposes (EGP), as well as to consider some of the methodological implications for language teachers.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language; LANGUAGE &; languages; READING comprehension; GLOBALIZATION; ECONOMIC activity
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2022, Vol 55, Issue 2, p325
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article