ABSTRACT

Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical introduction to the theory and practice of developing ESP courses across a range of disciplines. The book covers the development of courses from needs analysis to assessment and evaluation, and also comes with samples of authentic ESP courses provided by leading ESP practitioners from a range of subject and global contexts. Included in this book are:

  • The basics of ESP course design
  • The major current theoretical perspectives on ESP course design
  • Tasks, reflections and glossary to help readers consolidate their understanding
  • Resources for practical ESP course development
  • Examples of authentic ESP courses in areas such as business, aviation and nursing

Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes is essential reading for pre-service and in-service teachers, and students studying ESP and applied linguistics.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

How to use this book

part 1|94 pages

Essential aspects of English for specific purposes

part 2|86 pages

Approaches to ESP course design

chapter 9|11 pages

Genre

chapter 10|11 pages

Discourse analysis

chapter 11|10 pages

Corpora

chapter 12|9 pages

Discipline-based methodologies

chapter 13|12 pages

Specific EAP approaches

Academic literacies and content-basedinstruction

chapter 14|10 pages

The role of materials

chapter 15|21 pages

Resources

part 3|67 pages

Examples of authentic ESP courses

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|8 pages

Language in the workplace

chapter 2|10 pages

English for cross-cultural nursing

chapter 3|6 pages

English for lawyers

chapter 4|8 pages

Airport English

chapter 5|8 pages

English in academic settings

chapter 6|6 pages

Writing for publication