It is a learning approach that is based on the needs
of the student, so learning English in the context of a
certain professional discipline or for academic
purposes is a very important approach due to the
motivation and ease of application of the language
because influence the learning
Related with
ELT
ELT
English Language Teaching: It is the
teaching of basic or general English as a
second or foreign language
ELT and
ESP
It is the dominant branch of ESP and they
both are focused on communication and
learning
Evolution
1945 when the second world war finished there was important advances in
sicentific, technical and economic activity internationally, so technology and
commerce created a great impact of demmand around the world, and that´s
how english become in the universal laguage
People start to be interest in learning English, to delevop communication
skills as a neccesity to access the most update information in different
disciplines as medicine, bussiness, etc.
1970 the oil crises generated that english became in a big bussiness, there
were more investagations about the particulatr varieties of English, on the
other hand, commercial pressures increase to teaching english profession
based on teh other profession´s needs
'Tell me what you need English for and I will tell you the English that you
need' became the guiding principle of ESP. (Hutchinson, 1987)
Development
The concept of special language: register
analysis
The main goal was to produce a curriculum focused on the forms
of language that students would encounter in their science studies.
Beyond the sentence: rhetorical or
discourse analysis
It consists of identifying patterns of organization in texts and
specifying the linguistic means by which those patterns are
indicated.
Target situation analysis
The intention was to take existing knowledge and put it on a more
scientific basis, establishing procedures to relate language analysis
more closely to learners' reasons.
A learning-centred approach
The importance and implications of the distinction between language
use and language learning
Skills and strategies
It consists in considering not the language itself, but the thought
process underlying the use of language.