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This is why I flatly refused to teach a course covering contract law. And I recomended the training centre did not take the assignment. ESP is to meet the need. You may refuse or reject the assignment, but the need is still there. There is a need for ESP to take more crucial roles. There is a good ...

Difficult to agree or disagree about learniners knowing thier needs My students have a clear idea of what they want, but it is not always what they need. E.G. they think they will get bette with free speach. But complain about the teacher if they do not get results. I used to work in a hightech fie...

ppl said need analysis can solve the problem. but in this case, i can't see how need analysis can solve the problem. may be the need analysis should analyze instituitions and teachers' need of teaching the ESP course instead of learners' need. and then, tell the learners that "all these" are your ne...

since i provided my senior teachers with evaluation matrics that helps them a lot in evaluating software, they are now asking me to provide them with some matrics or criteria that can help them in evaluating english language website. it is a trouble for me. may i know where can i find useful informa...

simple, ESP means a short language programme to prepare you with the language that you need in your daily activity. The main focus is language for communicating skill

Biggest problem is you the teacher understanding what they mean when they are using industry specific terms. If your industry knowledge is weak they may assume (and usually do) that your teaching is also weak. sometime i manipulate the situation, returning the questions to students. i don't think m...

Usually finding materials is the hardest part. Unless you have a textbook specifically for that content area, you will have to spend a lot of time adapting materials or creating them from scratch. definitely, i face the problem too. i have tried to get some help from content teachers, (for e.g. sci...

Thank for your reply... i agree with your opinion but do you think the learners understand their need? i see the progression of ESP in malaysia secondary school is more on preparing learners to fulfill the instituition's need rather than what learners' want. Mainly because the learners still do not ...

Are there any problems you face while apply ESP approach? What are those problems?

just wanna get some ideas from you all...why do we need to use ESP approach in classroom?

hi, i m currently doing a research on TESL teachers' practice in preparing test papers. Anyone having questionnaire related to this?