Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
What is the course about?
This stimulating and informative teacher training course provides a learner-centred approach to Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP), with a focus on developing communicative competence in a specific business or professional area, for example, finance, management, engineering and human resources. Starting with key fundamentals such as how to conduct a needs analysis and establish SMART objectives, the course also looks at designing and organising a programme and creating relevant and meaningful materials. The course is fast-moving, highly interactive and full of practical and user-friendly tips, techniques and materials from experienced ESP professionals.
Frequently Asked Questions
After registration, participants on this course programme will receive:
- a pre-course questionnaire which will enable trainers to learn about the participants’ backgrounds
- information about the Europass Mobility Certificate
- a recommended reading list to prepare participants for various aspects of the course
- information about York to prepare teachers for their cultural experience.
At the end of the course, you will:
- understand what is meant by ESP and how it differs from ESL / EFL
- be able to conduct an effective needs analysis and set objectives for short, intensive and longer courses
- use a learner-centred approach
- use the principles of language in context to generate practical, relevant materials and practice activities
- have developed a sound understanding of the language for common business situations: socialising, presentations, meetings, telephoning and correspondence
- be able to respond to specialised content requirements
- understand the importance of confidence-building and motivation
- enable learners to think strategically and create realistic action plans
If you are from a country outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you will need a visa. Students from certain countries do not need to apply for a visa before arriving in the UK. You can check if you need to apply for a visa on the UK Visas and Immigration website.
In the unlikely event of a course not recruiting sufficient numbers you would be offered an alternative.
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Start date(s)
- February 24, 2020
- June 15, 2020
- August 10, 2020
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Sample Course Programme
| TIME | Session One | Session Two | Session Three |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONDAY | Ice-breaker Introduction to the course: objectives and methodology | Key principles of ESP Combining subject matter and language learning Language in context | Having a clear direction: purpose for learning needs analysis setting SMART objectives trainer/learner contract |
| TUESDAY | One-to-one training: tailor-made intensive responsive learner as a resource creating the right environment | Course contents the ‘need to know’ approach combining professional skills with language identifying which language skills | EQ in intensive training Responsibility of teacher in guiding directing / supporting Work pressures The ‘older’ learner |
| WEDNESDAY | Selecting, designing and organising relevant and meaningful course materials Managing longer programmes | Contextualised language training Generic business situations: socialising, presentations, meetings, telephoning and correspondence Importance of functional language | Dealing with specialised content Combining learner/trainer knowledge and competencies Useful resources |
| THURSDAY | Vocabulary: being strategic and selecting what to learn gap analysis through output Recycling language | Providing the right output: immediate personalised with stated objectives confidence-building | Feedback and correction – what, why, when, how .....? Motivation Reappraising objectives |
| FRIDAY | Equipping the learner: strategies for learning personalised recommendations action plans resources | Professional skills practice | Conclusion and Reflection Week Review and Evaluation |
