“Sharing and Improving our

ESP Practices”

Part 1: Introduction to ESP

Profesorado Superior de Lenguas Vivas

Programa Nacional de Formación Docente

Class Agenda

Structure

Course description

Requirements

Theoretical Basis

Virtual Campus Tools

Myths and facts about ESP

Break

EGP vs. ESP

ESP Definitions

ESP Branches

Course Structure

Part 1: Introduction to ESP

48 class hours

March 28th – June 13th

Part 2: Materials Development and

Adaptation for ESP courses

48 class hours

June - August

Course Description

Hands - on course

Based on the online course “English

for Specific Purposes, Aligning

Context with Practices and Materials

(ESP)”(teacher training course

delivered by the University of

Oregon’s American English Institute)

Course Requirements

Weekly tasks (70% of the total grade),

and a final project (30%)

Tasks: posts to discussion boards +

response to at least one colleague

Deadlines: Thursdays and Mondays

Theoretical Basis

Task-Based

Language

Teaching

Communicative Competence -

Learner -Centered Teaching

Meaningful Learning -

Adult Learning Theory