Some Aspects of the ESP Curriculum Design for Tertiary Education Institutions

• Authors: Ineta Lūka

Abstracts

EN

The topicality of the issue is explained by a discrepancy between the current English for Special Purposes (ESP) curriculum and students’ wishes and demands of the labour market. In order to create an up-to-date ESP curriculum that would suit students, employers and customers’ wishes, the following research methods were used: analysis of theoretical literature and sources, empirical study (students’ interviews, students’ questioning, lecturers’ interviews, employers’ questioning) and qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods. The conducted needs analysis allows creating a modern curriculum based on theory and practice – seting its goal and tasks, choosing the most appropriate syllabi types, selecting teaching methods that correspond to students’ learning styles and satisfying students’ wishes and the requirements of the industry.

Keywords

EN

needs analysis; curriculum; syllabus and ESP competence

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 11
• Pages: 63-74

Dates

published

2007

Contributors

author

Ineta Lūka

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.07.11.1.05

Biblioteka Nauki

31342754