THE EVOLUTION OR DEVELOPMENT OFENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES - ESP

1. The end of the Second World War in 1945

1.1. Technology and trade demanded the use of an international language.

2. English Language Teaching (in general)- ELT

2.1. Its branches

2.1.1. English Second Language - ESL

2.1.2. English Foreign Language - EFL

3. What is ESP?

3.1. It is an approach focused on language learning and based on learner need.

4. (1937-1946)

4.1. ESP responded to learners need of language for science, technology and business.

5. The main types of ESP

5.1. English for academic study

5.1.1. English for Academic Purposes - EAP

5.1.2. English for Occupational Purposes- EOP

5.1.2.1. Relates to

5.1.2.1.1. Educational context

5.1.2.1.2. Professional purposes

5.1.2.1.3. Developing knowledge and skills of the language

5.1.2.1.4. Developing all proficiency skills of the language at the very beginning

5.1.3. English for Vocational Purposes - EVP

5.1.4. Vocational English as a Second Language - VESL

5.2. ESP courses about learners' specialism identified as follows:

5.2.1. English for Science and Technology - EST

5.2.2. English for Business and Economics - EBE

5.2.3. English for the Social Sciences -ESS

6. The development come from three main reasons:

6.1. The demands of work in a changing global world

6.2. Development in linguistics

6.3. Focus on targeting student learning process