ESP EVOLUTION

1945
1. END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  1. Unprecedented Expansion
    1. - Scientific - Technical - Economic - Languge
      1. International scale
  2. World Unified
    1. - Technology - Commerce
      1. Demand for an international language (english)
1960 - 1970
1. Expansion of research into the nature of particular varieties of english
  1. Most of the work at this time was in the area of English of Science and Technology (EST)
1970
1. Oil crises
  1. Flow of funds
    1. English became in a Big Business
2. Creation of courses
  1. Time and money constraints creates a need for cost effective courses with clearly defined goals
1978
1. Study of language
  1. Applicability
    1. - Development of courses for specific purposes - Generation of different ways of communicating something according to the context
1985
1. Development of teaching english courses according to the clients needs
TYPES OF ESP
1. EAP
  1. English for academic purposes
    1. Focused on university students who need to learn the language for the development of requirements in their higher studies
2. EOP
  1. English for occupational purposes
    1. Focused in graduates, professionals or not, who in the development of their work and daily activities see the need to learn english as foreign language
ELT

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