Open AccessDesigning and Implementing an ESP Course: Revisiting an Experience
Author(s) -
Elvia Ureña Salazar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista pensamiento actual
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2215-3586
pISSN - 1409-0112
DOI - 10.15517/pa.v17i28.29539
Subject(s) - apprenticeship , context (archaeology) , process (computing) , course (navigation) , english for specific purposes , computer science , work (physics) , mathematics education , graduate students , english for academic purposes , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , engineering , linguistics , mechanical engineering , paleontology , philosophy , medicine , biology , aerospace engineering , operating system
This essay pretends to deep on how the process of making decisions in designing an ESP (English for Specific Purposes) course registered by three TESOL graduate students, structured by the author along with participants, a requirement of the Master of English Teaching for Speakers of Other Languages at University of Costa Rica (UCR).During the course the designers should help a group of UCR workers to communicate in English effectively with international students who want to study at UCR or those who were already participating in international programs. This study introduces data about the apprentices who benefit from this academic activity, tasks designed and taught, aswell as the evaluation and assessment used. Finally, it suggests some recommendations for those who may consider the option of designing an ESP course as an effective strategy to promote the use of the target language in a work context.