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Publication Date: 2013
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English for Specific Purposes: Negotiating Needs, Possibilities, and Promises
Salas, Spencer; Mercado, Leonardo A.; Ouedraogo, Lynn Hanson; Musetti, Bernadette
English Teaching Forum, v51 n4 p12-19 2013
The authors espouse the need for negotiation in designing and delivering English for Specific Purposes (ESP) programs. Such negotiations take into account learners' needs as well as structural limitations of the context and candid assessment of ESP providers. The article explores lessons from the field and the importance of needs analysis.
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Needs Assessment, Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Educational Practices, Teaching Models, Audience Awareness, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
US Department of State. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs, SA-5, 2200 C Street NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20037. e-mail: etforum@state.gov; Web site: http://www.forum.state.gov
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Burkina Faso; California; North Carolina; Peru
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