Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes

Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes provides an accessible introduction to the topic of developing courses for learners with specific academic or work-related language needs.

Part I introduces three key considerations in developing ESP courses: analysing needs, investigating specialist discourse and developing the curriculum.

Part II presents four case studies showing how experienced ESP teachers set about developing courses to meet the distinctive needs of their particular learners, the decisions they made and the reasoning behind them.

The book takes the stance that much can be learnt by examining the practice of ESP teachers and course developers as well as the literature. The work refers to a wide range of ESP courses and includes discussion questions to encourage readers to reflect on the ideas described. The work will be of interest to students of TESOL courses and to prospective and practising teachers of ESP.

Helen Basturkmen lectures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has taught ESL and worked in teacher education in the UK, Turkey and the Middle East and has served as the assistant editor of Language Teaching Research. She is the author of Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes.