Open AccessPOSSIBLE REASONS WHY ESP IS UNDER RECOGNIZED IN ACADEMIA
Author(s) -
Nadežda Stojković
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of teaching english for specific and academic purposes/≠the ≠journal of teaching english for specific and academic purposes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-9212
pISSN - 2334-9182
DOI - 10.22190/jtesap1903405s
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , publishing , english for specific purposes , pedagogy , professional development , field (mathematics) , population , sociology , engineering ethics , psychology , political science , engineering , demography , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
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.