ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC

PURPOSE

Friscilla Sembiring,
M.Pd​
 Topics:

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• Meaning of ESP

• Types of ESP

• Characteristics of ESP courses

• Conclusion

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 Definition of
ESP:
1. English for Specific Purposes is a branch of
English language teaching that aims to
teach students the language needed to
perform in certain roles.

2. ESP as a language that is learnt to smooth

the path to entry linguistic efficiency in
academic, professional or workplace
environment (Basturkmen, 2010)

3. ESP is an approach to language teaching in

which all decisions as to content and
method are based on the learner's reason of

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learning (Hutchinson et al, 1987). 3
 Introduction
1. English has become the internationally accepted language of almost all the fields of
knowledge.
2. Depending on their specific needs and requirements, new learners who knew
specifically why they need English are created.
3. In some cases people with inadequate proficiency in English need to be taught to
handle specific jobs.
4. To fulfill the needs of these new learners new specific courses were designed and
introduced.
5. ESP is one of these specific courses.

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 1. From early 1960's ESP has emerged as one of the major areas of EFL
teaching today.
2. Various universities across the world are offering a number of ESP
courses nowadays
3. Examples: English for Economics, English for Chemists, English for
Educationists, English for Advertisements, English for Media, etc.

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 Characteristics of ESP:
a. Meets specific needs of learners.
b. Makes use of underlying methodology and activities of the discipline
c. It is centered on the language appropriate to these activities in terms
of grammar, lexis, syntax, study skills, discourse, and genre

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 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSE
(EAP) & ENGLISH FOR OCCUPATIONAL
PURPOSE (EOP)

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 Characteristics of ESP Courses according to (Carter,1983) :
a. Authentic material: Study material must be authentic
b. Purpose-related orientation: Orientation lessons must be according to the needs of the learners.
c. Self-direction: Learners must have a degree of freedom to decide what, when and how they will study.

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 Conclusion
• ESP-English for specific purposes has emerged as a significant field in Applied Linguistics. It is mostly
concerned with the learners' needs for specific field of academics or occupation. Restricted skills of words and
expressions, purpose of learning the language are the areas to be considered in ESP.
 Task:
1. Find out the definition of ESP from any sources and analyze the

similarities and differences among those definition. (Submitted in your

hand writing)

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