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English for Specific Purposes: Public Administration and

Political Sciences
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Abstract
This paper describes the process of creating English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course for the
students of Public Administration and Political Sciences (PAPS) at the South East European
University (SEEU) in Tetovo, Macedonia. The necessity to modify the existing syllabus for this
course and change the complete approach in teaching it arouse from the expressed concern about
its efficiency by all stakeholders: students, administration and employers. This concern was
mainly related to the communicative competence of students that were expected to demonstrate
speaking abilities when applying for jobs in the Public Sector at times when Macedonia was
aspiring for integration in international organizations such as NATO and EU. After a brief
description of the language policy at SEEU, an overview of ESP as a branch of English
Language Teaching (ELT) is presented. Recommendations about the communicative orientation
of ESP courses are taken as a basis for creating the new model. Developing student speaking
abilities necessary for active use of the English language in the future professional settings from
these two fields is the core component for the syllabus creation together with careful selection of
materials based on student needs. Student satisfaction demonstrated through discussions with
them, as well as the results on the final achievement test indicate that the course was effective
although some more complex investigation of the perceptions of all parties involved and other
evaluation tools are needed to confirm this result.

Keywords
ESP
Needs analysis
Public sector
Political sciences
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