ESP &EGP Are Equally Important: November 2012
ESP &EGP Are Equally Important: November 2012
ESP &EGP Are Equally Important: November 2012
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اﻝﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ ﻹﻏراض ﺨﺎﺼﺔ واﻝﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ ﻹﻏراض ﻋﺎﻤﺔ ﻤﺘﺴﺎوﻴﺎن ﻓﻲ اﻻﻫﻤﻴﺔ
اﻝﻤﻠﺨص
ﻫذﻩ اﻝورﻗﺔ ﺘظﻬر اﻝﻌﻼﻗﺔ ﺒﻴن اﻝﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ ﻹﻏراض ﺨﺎﺼﺔ واﻝﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ ﻹﻏراض
ﻋﺎﻤﺔ ،ﻓﻲ اﻝﺒداﻴﺔ ﺘم اﻝﺘرﻜﻴز ﻋﻠﻰ أﻫﻤﻴﺔ اﻝﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ ﻹﻏراض ﺨﺎﺼﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺘﻌﻠم اﻝﻠﻐﺔ
اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ .وﻜذﻝك ﺘم اﻻﺸﺎرة اﻝﻰ اﻝﻔرق ﺒﻴن اﻝﻨوﻋﻴن ﺤﻴث ان اﻝﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ ﻹﻏراض ﺨﺎﺼﺔ
ﺘرﻜز ﻋﻠﻰ اﻝﺘطﺒﻴق ﻻ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻝﻨظرﻴﺔ ﺒﻴﻨﻤﺎ اﻝﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﺠﻠﻴزﻴﺔ ﻹﻏراض ﻋﺎﻤﺔ ﺘرﻜز ﻋﻠﻰ اﻝﻨظرﻴﺔ
ﻝﻠﺘطﺒﻴق .وﻓﻲ اﻝﻨﻬﺎﻴﺔ ﺘم اﻝﺘوﺼل اﻝﻰ أن ﻜﻼ اﻝﻨوﻋﻴن ﻤﺘﺴﺎوﻴﺎن ﻓﻲ اﻻﻫﻤﻴﺔ وﻴﻜﻤﻼن ﺒﻌﻀﻬﻤﺎ
اﻝﺒﻌض.
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Abstract
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Introduction:
In Jordan, the growth of ESP in the past ten years has been rapid
The shift from EGP to ESP aims to focus on learners 'needs and
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language teaching process, so it is very important to increase their
The demand for ESP has led some higher education authorities
and administrators to claim that (ESP) should replace EGP, the rational
the specific needs of the learners; it views student's needs as the first
students' majors of study, and finally, compared with EGP, ESP, is more
their fields of study and caters to their needs (Chen, 1993). (ESP) is
centered not only on the Language (Grammar, lexis, register), but also
information.
Origins of ESP
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war in (1945), exerted pressure on the language teaching profession;
thus it has created a new generation of learners who must learn English
to satisfy the demands of the modern world. The second reason was a
which language is used. Hence, in the late 1960s and the early 1970s
Anyway, learners were seen to have different needs and interests will
between applied linguistic and ESP traced many factors that contributed
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Hutchinson and waters (1987) identified three approaches to ESP
connection between the analysis of the target situation and the content
do).
what is ESP?
There are several definitions for ESP, are all focused on ESP as
characteristics.
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Absolute characteristics:
in content.
Variable characteristics:
specific situation.
English.
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Hutchinson and waters (1987) ESP as" an approach to language
instruction.
abilities, interests and the specific goals of their learning are ignored. It
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At the definition level, there is a clear connection and proportion
content is more difficult to select. On the other hand, the focus of (ESP)
English for specific purposes is: on training rather than education; that
English needs of the students are the most priority to select; learners'
needs, interests and abilities are the most important to pay our attention
to.
These distinctive features show the true nature of both, ESP and
EGP based on it, one can find the overlapping areas and keep track of
and the relationship of ESP and EGP. So, it is better to show a clear
vision on the role of (EGP) and its trace in a typical ESP classroom vise
versa.
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It is not clear where ESP courses end and (EGP) courses begin
and their own personal specialist knowledge of using English. So, the
line between (EGP and ESP) is not clear and very thick. Hutchinson
to give the learners a course that may face their urgo to know and
Harding 2007) stresses that the general skills that general English
should:
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- Work out their language needs in relation to their skills.
- Take the classroom in to the real world and bring the real world in
the classroom.
ESP. The extended use of words from general English for describing the
buildings and later they learn to use (Technical English for talking about
EGP ones.
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of professional skills. In EGP, age of learners varies from children
classes.
four language skills are stressed equally; they are equal in the
language skills are most needed. The target situation and the
the skill which is needed for Tourism will be different from that
needed in business.
according to the student's real world and wishes. The term specific
means English for specific purposes for learning English. That means
ESP enables the learners to use English they know to learn more
English.
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An ESP teacher is typically one who has experience in teaching
conduct the ESP class. As an important note is that the teacher need to
b- Organizing courses:
Learners' need (what do they need) and learners' abilities (what can
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learners and teacher is the best way to improve learners' skill and
3. Support them.
d- Evaluating students:
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a) Interest and motivation for learning:
context.
will make learning easier. They permit them to learn faster and
more efficiently.
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EGP and ESP complete each other
the learning and usage of ESP. hence it can be stated that (EGP)
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Conclusions
This paper suggests that ESP and EGP complete each other. The line
between General English (GE) and (ESP) is very thin, its not clear
where (EGP) courses end and (ESP) begin. Teachers teaching General
English concentrate more on the language in general. They aim at
giving the learners a course that may satisfy their urgo to know and
understand certain language but when it comes to (ESP), teachers give
more importance to needs analysis of the learners. General English
facilitates the learners to acquire the four language skills: listening,
speaking, reading and writing, were (EGP) concentrates more on the
principles and methods Briefly we can say (EGP) focuses on theory
where (ESP) focuses on practice.
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References
1- Anthonul " ESP: what dose it mean? On CUE ". n.d.6 April 2000.
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