English for specific purposes (ESP)
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About This Course
This course is intended to prepare students to become instructors of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). In this course, students are trained to conduct observation to gather information of the English language used in various units of a specific field, such as banking, tourism, hospitality, and any relevant fields. They learn how to design instruments to gather the linguistic data needed for teaching English in a specific field. Throughout the course, students are equipped with the skills to compile, interpret, present and produce an observation report from the obtained information.
Bachelor Degree
Credit: 2
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, the students are able to:
- explain the nature of ESP accurately,
- conduct needs analysis to gather information related to the contexts in which English is used and English linguistic data, in terms of language functions and technical terms, in various units in the fields under observation and survey accurately and appropriately,
- compile, interpret, and present the obtained information of the stakeholders' needs of the targeted ESP area appropriately,
- write a report on the results of the needs analysis accurately and appropriately.
Course Staffs
Tia Xenia, M.Hum.
Lecturer at English Education Department, Faculty of Education and Language, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia
C.M.T. Fanny Novita A.,MA-ELT
Lecturer at English Education Department, Faculty of Education and Language, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia