Presented in two parts, this book firstly introduces core considerations in ESP course development drawing on examples from a wide range of ESP and EAP courses.Β SecondlyΒ four case studiesΒ show how experienced ESP teachers and course developers went about developing courses to meet the needs of their
Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes
β Scribed by Helen Basturkmen (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 169
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Presented in two parts, this book firstly introduces core considerations in ESP course development drawing on examples from a wide range of ESP and EAP courses. Secondly four case studies show how experienced ESP teachers and course developers went about developing courses to meet the needs of their particular learners.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Analysing Needs....Pages 17-35
Investigating Specialist Discourse....Pages 36-51
Developing the Curriculum....Pages 52-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
English for the Police....Pages 71-87
English for Medical Doctors....Pages 88-107
Academic Literacies in Visual Communication....Pages 108-121
English for Thesis Writing....Pages 122-136
Conclusion....Pages 137-145
Back Matter....Pages 146-157
β¦ Subjects
Language Teaching; Language and Literature; Linguistics, general; Language Education
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