Teaching English To Esp (English For Specific Purposes)

  • nining nining nining stit muhammadiyah

Abstract

Generally the Students study English “not because they are interested in the English Language or English culture as such, but because they need English for study or work purposes†(Robinson, 1991: 2). In ESP, “language is learnt not for its own sake or for the sake of gaining a general education, but to smooth the path to entry or greater linguistic efficiency in academic, professional or workplace environments†Basturkmen (2006: 18). This denotes that, the role of ESP is to help language learners to build up the needed abilities in order to use them in a specific field of inquiry, occupation, or workplace. These definitions were stated according to ESP evolution through time, this latter is viewed in more details in the following sections.

Keyword: teaching english, english for ESP

Published
2019-06-19
How to Cite
nining, nining nining. (2019). Teaching English To Esp (English For Specific Purposes). Al-Lubab : Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Dan Keagamaan Islam, 4(2), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.19120/al-lubab.v4i2.3620
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