Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 1-13

3. Main Considerations in ESP Course Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Analysing Needs

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 17-35

   3. Investigating Specialist Discourse

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 36-51

   4. Developing the Curriculum

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 52-68

4. Case Studies in ESP Course Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. English for the Police

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 71-87

   3. English for Medical Doctors

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 88-107

   4. Academic Literacies in Visual Communication

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 108-121

   5. English for Thesis Writing

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 122-136

   6. Conclusion

      • Helen Basturkmen

      Pages 137-145

5. Back Matter

   Pages 146-157

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Presented in two parts, this book firstly introduces core considerations in ESP course development drawing on examples from a wide range of ESP and EAP courses. Secondly four case studies show how experienced ESP teachers and course developers went about developing courses to meet the needs of their particular learners.

• Case Studies
• discourse
• drawing
• English
• experience
• knowledge
• visual arts
• writing
• literary diction

'Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes is a valuable volume for course designers and teachers alike.' - ELT Journal

'Helen Basturkmen's book provides clear strategies on how educators can develop courses for English for Specific Purposes (ESP) at both an institutional and classroom level for a variety of learning contexts.' - Australia Review of Applied Linguistics

• University of Auckland, New Zealand

  Helen Basturkmen

HELEN BASTURKMEN lectures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has taught ESL and worked in teacher education in UK, Turkey and the Middle East and served as assistant editor of Language Teaching Research. She is author of Options and Ideas in English for Specific Purposes.

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