ELTWeekly Issue#34, Book of the week: English for Specific Purposes

By Tarun Patel

English for Specific Purposes (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)

Book Description

English for Specific Purposes offers the teacher a new perspective on this important field. The main concern of the book is effective learning and how this can best be achieved in ESP courses. The authors discuss the evolution of ESP and its position today; the role of the ESP teacher; course design; syllabuses; materials; teaching methods, and evaluation procedures. The book will be of interest to all teachers who are concerned with ESP. Those who are new to the field will find it a thorough, practical introduction while those with more extensive experience will find its approach both stimulating and innovative.

More Details

Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (February 27, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521318378
ISBN-13: 978-0521318372
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches

Review

‘ … highly recommended to all practising and would-be ESP teachers for its commonsense and practical approach … an important contribution to the continuing ESP debate and a model of clarity, brevity and interest.’ Jonathan Seath, EFL Gazette

English for Specific Purposes (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)

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September 18th, 2009

About... Tarun Patel

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Tarun Patel (http://tarunpatel.net/blog/) is an ELT and Communication skills teacher, working with Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT - http://charusat.ac.in/). He has been dealing with the Language learning processes for last seven years. 'Technology in Teaching English' is his favorite domain and he has presented several research papers in national and international conferences on the same theme. He is the founder editor of ELTWeekly (http://eltweekly.com/), India's first weekly ELT eNewsletter which reaches in more than forty countries and benefits more than 1600d teachers of English and Communication Skills. Have a look at his personal blog http://tarunpatel.net/blog/.