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Volume 21:7 July 2021
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ESP Curriculum Design for Engineering Students

Dr. Ashish Kumar Pandey

1. Abstract

A Syllabus is "a specification of what is to be included in language course" (Jordon, 1997). This study aims to review the issues involved in ESP syllabus and course design, such as steps designing syllabus types such as the Structural Syllabus, Functional Syllabus, the Situational Syllabus, the Skill-based Syllabus, Task-based Syllabus the classroom syllabus, the learner syllabus, and Content-based Syllabus.

Keywords: Different types of syllabuses, ELT, Course material, Engineering students.

Introduction

2.1 English for Specific Purposes

From the early 1960s, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has grown to become one of the most prominent areas of EFL teaching today. Its development is reflected in the increasing number of universities offering an MA. in ESP (e.g., The University of Birmingham and Aston University in the UK) and in the number of ESP courses offered to overseas students in English-speaking countries. We have now courses such as English for Chemists, in place of the more traditional 'General English' courses.

ESP has had a relatively long time to mature and so we would expect the ESP community to have a clear idea about what ESP means. Definition of ESP (Dudley-Evans, 1997).

2.2 Absolute Characteristics

1. ESP is defined to meet the specific needs of the learners.

2. ESP makes use of underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves.

3. ESP is centered on the language appropriate to these activities in terms of grammar, lexis, register, study skills, discourse, and genre.

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Dr. Ashish Kumar Pandey
Assistant Professor
Bansal Institute of Engineering, and Technology
AKTU, Lucknow
kumar16pandey@gmail.com
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