1st Edition

Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes

By Helen Basturkmen Copyright 2006
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This volume presents a range of views about language, learning, and teaching in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Its purpose is to go beyond individual cases and practices to examine the approaches and ideas on which they are based. The aim is for readers to adopt an analytical stance toward the field and to identify current perspectives in ESP and the ideas driving them. Ideas and Options... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Preliminaries. Introduction. Approach. Issues in ESP Course Design. Part II: Ideas and Options. Section A: Language. Language Systems. Language Uses. Combining Language Descriptions. Section B: Learning. Conditions for Learning. Processes of Learning. Section C: Teaching. Methodologies. Objectives in Teaching ESP. Part III: General. Synthesis.

Biography

Helen Basturkmen

"...a fascinating book that could be a groundbreaking contribution to critical literacy education." —Linguist List

"I regard this book as a 'must read' for anyone seriously interested in the teaching of English for Specific Purposes" - Jack Richards, 2006