English For Specific Purposes

This term is used to define a section of the English language industry that includes courses or curriculums that are designed especially to be used by distinct groups or professions. Common examples of general ESP courses could include scientific English, technical English and business English. As the use of the English language continues to grow around the world, many areas of employment are becoming increasingly reliant on its usage. To meet this need there are numerous courses available that are aimed at specific professions such as medical practitioners, air traffic controllers and various branches of the hospitality industry.  [Read more]

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  Our next category in our series of teaching special groups in ESL is English for specific purposes. This video focuses specifically on teaching business English. How is business Enligsh different to general English? Will you be able to teach business English? Find out in this video. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. As a native speaker, it is indeed an eye opener to know that there are so many classifications for present tense. Some of it is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Korea Anyang and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit introduces the course for teaching business English. It starts with an overview of the 6 units in the course, then the aim and objectives of this course are introduced. The unit also has a list of general terminology relating to teaching business English and for general TEFL. It then introduces the idea of teaching ESP (the teaching of English for Specific Purposes), which includes teaching medical English for medical personnel, English for banking and finance, English for law,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hatfield Oregon and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Receptive skills are comprised of both reading and listening, both of which are equally important of the English student to continue to grasp the English language. We identified that there are two main purposes for reading and listening: 1. for a specific purpose-listening to directions and 2. for entertainment-pleasure, such as reading a book or watching a movie. When either reading or listening we can employ specific skills that allow us to find/gather information differently. These are predictive...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Haddon New Mexico and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 19 covered the topic of class types a teacher may face. I learned that there are several types of language classes that are dependent on the language level, and language purpose. i.e. There are classes for beginners, individual learners, children, and business purposes. What I feel sets Business English courses apart from the others is that Business English courses are typically for specific purposes and courses are geared to meet the demands of that company. Also, Business language course...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Grice Texas and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit covered the teaching of receptive skills. The receptive skills are Reading and Listening, and the Productive skills are Speaking and Writing. There are multiple purposes and motives for using receptive skills. This unit divided them into listening or reading for a purpose and listening or reading for entertainment. There are different skills that come into play with the productive skills, such as skimming for general ideas or scanning for specific information. To make the teaching of productive...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Franco Da Rocha Brazil and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The four basic skills in any language are reading, listening, speaking and writing. Receptive skills are the reading and listening, and the productive skills are the specking and writing. Predictive skills are specific information - scanning, general idea- skimming, detailed information and deducted from context. An example of purpose reading is reading map. An example of entertainment reading is listing to jokes or reading a novel.This unit was very enlightening in terms of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wagarville Alabama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 7, teaching receptive, skills taught me what purposes could be used when we read or listen. There could be variety of reasons for reading and listening. Reading and writing could be for a specific purpose or could be also for entertainment. When we read, or listen, we might use different specialist skills. Skills such as predictive, skimming, or deduction from the context. Also, I learned about the basic keys to successful receptive skills are as follow: incorporating activate phases that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Arcola Mississippi and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: There are various types of assessments/evaluations used with each having its purpose. Placement test are used to place students i.e evaluate their level before starting a course, diagnostic tests are similar to placement test but are more detailed. Progress tests are used to ascertain students progress in a course, how much they have retained or forgotten. Practice tests are usually used to prepare students for a bigger (external) exam. Frequency and manner of testing if not set by institution is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Accra Ghana and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In Unit 15 I have learned that there are various types of tests used for different purposes when learning English as a foreign language. Each test has a specific purpose and could be used before beginning a course, for example, or throughout the course to gauge progress. I learned about some of the different external examinations that are recognized at universities, colleges, businesses and by governments.The final unit covered several practical aspects of teaching, from building rapport with...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lahore and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: T.S. & J.B. – Italy said: 1. Overview: Unit 19 Unit 19 deals with teaching of special groups. These groups include beginners, individual students, children, Business English/English for Specific Purposes and monolingual/multilingual classes. Methodology and techniques when working with beginners are given as well as possible problems and how to deal with it. Teaching suggestions and suitable activities for individual student classes are explained. Teaching children with all their special needs is fully covered-...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Poltava Ukraine and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In this chapter, we talked about course books and lesson materials. Before reading this chapter, I barely thought about the the disadvantages of the course book. Using course book is convenient for both students and teachers.I am one of the teachers who like course book. But this unit makes me to think about the disadvantages again while I was using the course book.Unit 1 BE 001 - Course Introduction - gives us detailed information about business English and teaching English. We can find...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Huaibei and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: You can be a teacher of various groups: beginners, individual students, children, adults for specific or business purposes. Teaching beginners has the following features: 1) you can face a mix of true and false beginners, 2) you need special skills and psychology, 3) you should give clear and simple instructions, 4) you should encourage students to speak English during the lesson as much as possible, 5) constantly revision and homework are important. Teaching individual students make it possible...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sincelejo Colombia and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Teaching special groups can seem challenging, but is actually simple once the needs of the special group is determined. Beginner ESL students can be further divided into several groups to help prepare lesson plans for specific needs. Two categories are adult beginner and young beginner. Both groups will have different needs and lesson plans will be based on the groups specific needs. Another special group is the business English learner. For this group it is important to conduct a needs...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Spain valladolid and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit provides an overview for teaching Business English , the ITTT company, the course content and the possibilities available on completion of the course. No formal business training is required for prospective teachers, as the course is designed to develop the skills needed to teach English in a business environment and to give the participants the opportunity to study ideas and methodologies in an English foreign language setting. Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) hones in on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Pakistan Bhalwal and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The teacher must always be aware of, and concerned with, the needs of her class. So, when she is given a coursebook to use, she needs to consider its usefulness in relation to those needs. The more relevant to the lives of the students the material used is, the more likely are students to become interested and involved in the lesson. it is then the teacher's responsibility to make the lesson relevant to the students' experiences - their culture, their age, their specific reason to study...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sawpit Colorado and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit is focused on teaching special groups, as ESL teachers might find themselves confronting various types of classes troughout the course of their teaching career. More specifically the unit covers: teaching beginners (people that have 0 to little or basic knowlege of the language), teaching groups or individual, teaching young learners (children from kindergarten to elementary school) and teaching business English or English for specific purposes (hotel staff etc...). Each paragraph provides...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Chiclayo Peru and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: My overview of Unit 16 Conditionals and reported speech is that it once again breaks down sentences to the correct conditionals and offers five typical patterns to study. I particularly liked this unit and both the video and literature were straight forward and not as confusing as some other units. It offers teaching ideas as to demonstrate these practices by way of a simple game.Language function refer to the purposes in which we use language to communicate.We use language for a variety of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Taunton Minnesota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In this introductory unit, I have learned the outlines of this Teaching Business English course. I have learned there are six units for the course and what this course will teach me for the next 5 units and how the course works. I have learned its targets and goals for the course and general terminologies in the world of Business English. I have learned that Teaching Business English is actually categorized as Teaching of English for Specific Purposes, but it does not require Teachers to have the...  [Read more]