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What English Language Teachers Should Know about ESP

Ho Thi Lai, M.TESOL

Abstract

This paper provides English language teachers with an essential knowledge of English for specific purposes (ESP) including its origins, development, definitions, characteristics and ESP teachers’ professional development. The paper also presents a brief overview of the teaching and learning of ESP at the tertiary level in Vietnam.

Keywords: English for specific purposes, ESP teacher professional development, Vietnam

Introduction

English for specific purposes is now considered as “a very active, even ‘feisty’ movement” that has developed its own materials and teaching approaches and “has had considerable influence over the more general activities of TESOL and applied linguistics” (Dudley-Evans, 2001, p. 131). However, ESP in Vietnam is still in its infancy, and there has been a negligible quantity of published studies in this area. To provide English language teachers with a better understanding of ESP, this article: (1) introduces key concepts of ESP including its origins, development, definitions and characteristics, (2) discusses ESP teacher professional development, and (3) presents an overview of tertiary ESP education in Vietnam.

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Ho Thi Lai, M.TESOL
English Department
Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment
236B, Le Van Sy Street, Ward 1, Tan Binh District
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
htlai@hcmunre.edu.vn
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