“Sharing and Improving our ESP Practices”

Part 1: Introduction to ESPClass 2

Profesorado Superior de Lenguas VivasPrograma Nacional de Formación Docente

Class Agenda

KWL ChartOverview of Part 1Group Discussion on ESP Projects10:30 - Coffee Break11:00 - 12:00 - “An Approach to

ESP Courses at UNSA” – MA Gustavo Zaplana

Course StructurePart 1: Introduction to ESP48 class hoursMarch 28th – June 13th

Part 2: Materials Design and Adaptation for ESP courses

48 class hoursRegistration: from June 22nd

Course Requirements

Weekly tasks (70% of the total grade), and a final project (30%)

14 tasks: 70 p.ESP Project: 30 p.

KWL CHARTWHAT I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO

KNOWWHAT I LEARNT

Students only learn technical terms or isolated words

The context

I know how to prepare a normal lesson with some ESP vocabulary input

Some skills are left aside

Strategies to support my students to develop the competences they need to work with ESP

To have tools to build up the syllabus .

How to motivate students

To develop ESP materials

Course OverviewModule

1

Module 2

Module 3

Module 4

Module 5

Module 6

Module 7

Course OverviewESP context and Target learners

Needs Assessment

Goals and Objectives

Sequencing communicat

ive goalsAuthenticit

y

A/V materia

ls

Genre Analysi

s

ESP Project

Course Overview

Context Analysis

Present Situation Analysis

Target

Situation

Analysis

Group Discussion

Needs Assessment Process:TSAPSACALooking aheadWhat are the challenges that you

should face in order to complete the design of your ESP course?

Group Discussion Needs Assessment Process – TSA

Share the characteristics of your ESP context and target learners

What information did you find out related to the aspects of the needs assessment process? (TSA/PSA/CA)

How was that information useful to design your ESP course? Discuss the goals and objectives that you have set in terms

of: appropriateness realism (are they achievable? Are they life-like or related to

sts’ workplaces?) Share authentic and non-authentic materials that you have

found for your ESP course. Discuss their: usefulness, suitability Should they be adapted? What is the role of genre analysis in the field of ESP?

Group DiscussionPSAWhat is your students’ level of

English? What is their background

knowledge as regards their specialty? What are the main topics and abilities that they already know or possess?

What is their motivation towards learning English?

What are their expectations?

Group DiscussionCAShare the strengths and weaknesses of the

physical setting and material resources of your context

How can you overcome those weaknesses?Discuss the suitability of your current course

materials:Do they match your goals and objectives?Do they cater for students’ level and interests?Are skill areas that you need to develop

included?Can they be adapted or supplemented? How

can you do it?

Group DiscussionLooking aheadWhat are the challenges that you

should face in order to complete the design of your ESP course?

WE´LL BE WAITING FOR YOU. THANK YOU!

“ESP is a challenge for all who teach it, and it offers virtually unlimited opportunities for professional growth” (Smoak, 2003)