I am an ESP teacher in an Italian high school . In Italy the situation is very controversial in this particular field. When ESP was fist introduced over ten years ago, no training was provided to the teachers, and the textbooks were (and still are) inadequate to the teachers' and students' needs.
Teachers with a literary background are facing the challange of teaching technical subjects they know nothing about. In some schools they have decided to abandon the teaching of ESP - which is a pity beacuse many students will miss the opportunity to learn the language they will use in their future working environment.
How do the other countries deal with this problem? Are there some good books available?
ESP enquiry
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