A truly valid approach to ESP must
be based on an understanding of the
processes of language learning.
The fourth stage has seen an attempt
to look below the surfaceand to
consider not the language itself but
the thinking processes that underlie
language use.
It involves the most detailed analysis, and
there has been increasing emphasis on
investigating these additional factors
The second phase of
development shifted attention
to the level above the
sentence.
The initial needs
analysis provides
information about the target
situation, what learners will
have to do in English and
the skills and language
needed.
Clasification
English for
academic purpose
It relates to the English
needed in an
educational context,
usually at auniversity
or similar institution,
and possibly also at
school level
English academic for
science and
technology
English academic
for legal purposes
English(academic) for
medical purposes
English(academic) for
management, finance and
economics
English for
occupational purposes
It relates to professional purposes,
e.g. those of working doctors,
engineers or business people