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ESP CLASS!
REVIEW: What is ESP?

the role of English in a language course

or programme of instruction in which the
content and aims of the course are fixed
by the specific needs of a particular group
of learners
REVIEW: What is ESP?

For example courses in English for academic

purposes, English for science and technology, and
English for nursing, English for management, etc.
These courses may be compared with those which
aim to teach general language proficiency,
English for general purposes.
REVIEW: What is ESP?

The foundation of ESP is the simple

question:

“Why does this learner need to learn a

foreign language?”
That leads us to the
question…
What do we mean by
‘needs’?”
 Needs may be regarded as what
the learners need to do to actually
acquire the language. This is
more of the needs in terms of the
process of learning.
The answer to the question relates to the
learners, the language required, and the
learning context, and thus establishes the
primacy of NEED in ESP.
ESP & NEED
ANALYSIS
Needs may refer to students’ study
or job requirements, i.e. what they
should be able to do at the end of
the course.
Thus, the first definition of
‘needs’ is synonymous to
‘objectives’.
Needs may also be synonymous to
the personal aims of the learner.
Needs may also be synonymous to
lacks or what students do not
know or cannot do in English.
 NEED ANALYSIS

(in language teaching and language programme design)

the process of determining the needs for which a learner
or group of learners requires a language and arranging
the needs according to priorities
 NEED ANALYSIS

Needs assessment makes use of both subjective and objective information (e.g. data
from questionnaires, tests, interviews, observation) and seeks to obtain information
on:

1. the situations in which a language will be used (including who it will be

used with)
2. the OBJECTIVES and purposes for which the language is needed
3. the types of communication that will be used (e.g. written, spoken,
formal, informal)
4. the level of proficiency that will be required
Therefore, what
does “need
analysis” mean?
The term need analysis generally refers to
the activities that are involved in
collecting information that will serve as
the basis for developing a curriculum
that will meet the needs of a particular
group of students.
Target Situation Analysis
This is a needs analysis that focuses on the needs of the
students at the end of the language program; thus this
analysis focuses on the expectation, i.e. what the student
should be like. Under this type of needs analysis, we
have the following terms:
Necessities
Lacks
Necessity
This is the type of need determined by the demands of
the target situation; that is, what the learner has to know
in order to function effectively in the target situation.

Lacks
These are the gap between the target proficiency and the
existing proficiency of the learners
 A Target Situation Analysis Framework
Who will the
Why is the
learner use the
language needed?
language with?

How will the Target Where will the

language be Situation language be
used? used?
Analysis
When will the
What will the
language be
content areas be?
used?
The importance of English for management academics
1. all work activity is increasingly framed and executed in English
2. there is an emergence of an ‘international faculty’ which is
fluent
in English and creates knowledge almost exclusively through
the
English language
3. the careers of management academics are bounded by their
mastery of the English language
Why studying English for management?
Preparing the students to face the workplace
Preparing the students to handle business situation in an
appropriate manner
Improving the skills of communication and management
that the students need in the competitive environment of
work.
Skills in business English
1. Communication skills/Speaking skills
Small talk
Socializing
Presentation
Speaking on the telephone
Meetings and discussion
2. Writing skills
Business letters
CVs
Correspondence
Topics in English for management according to students’
perspectives
1. Text about business
2. Vocabulary related with the text
3. Grammar
4. Job Interview
CONCLUSION
We have looked at the most characteristic feature of ESP
course design – needs analysis. We have tried to show
that it is a complex process, involving much more than
simply looking at what the learners will have to do in the
target situation. Most of all, we have tried to stress that
both target situation needs and learning needs must be
taken into account. Analysis of target situation needs is
concerned with language use.
THANKS…
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