POSSIBLE REASONS WHY ESP IS UNDER RECOGNIZED IN ACADEMIA

Nadežda Stojković

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/JTESAP1903405S
First page
405
Last page
409

Abstract


Hereby the claim is presented that among adult population of learners of English language in academia and life-long learning formats, the predominant approach in English Language Teaching (ELT) needs to be English for Specific Purposes (ESP), since General English has mostly been mastered by then, and because those learners then need linguistic training that would enable them to upgrade their professional efficacy and so remain competitive as demanded by contemporary professional/scientific global community. Nonetheless, such relevance of ESP for adult learners has not yet been recognized by main stakeholders in the field of ELT, namely academia and most famous ELT textbooks and reference books publishing houses, leaving ESP practitioners still on their own regarding professional development. This general overview is an attempt to rationalize the reasons for this paradoxical situation.  


Keywords

English for Specific Purposes, adult learners, professional domain language, educational policies, publishing houses policies

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22190/JTESAP1903405S

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