SYLLABUS IN ENGM18

English for Specific Purposes

VISION

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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

To provide professional, scientific, technological, technical and vocational instruction and training in trade, business, arts, sciences and
technology and other areas of education in order to meet the manpower needs of business and industries in the region in the Philippines.

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Course Name English for Specific Purposes
Course Credit 3 units
Course Schedule Friday 9:00-12:00
Course Description The course introduces the purposes of English in Specific purposes wherein the learners of English will
familiarized themselves with the different stages of development of ESP. In addition, the students
determine the needs of the learners wherein it will become their basis in choosing appropriate approach,
method, and strategies in planning and implementing lesson plan for specific learners of English

Contact Hours/week 3 hours

Prerequisite None
Course Objectives At the end of the semester, the students must have:
1. Unlock the underlying concepts of English for Specific Purposes;
2. Plan and assess teaching approaches, methods, strategies, and techniques appropriate to specific
learning content; and
3. Design teaching materials aligned to a learner –centered approach to ESP

COURSE OUTLINE:

Week Desired Learning Course content/ Subject Teaching and Assessment Resource Time
Outcomes (DLO) Matter Learning Task(ATs) Material Table
Activities(TLAs) s
At the end of the unit, the UNIT 1 Question-generation Written OHP 15
students must have: A. Emergence of ESP strategies Quizzes hours
1. Identified the  The Demand of a Laptop
different ESP stages Brave New World Reciprocal Teaching Oral
2. Determined the  The revolution in Recitation Hand-
trends in ESP linguistics Brainstorming outs of
3. Identified the  Focus on the Individual topics
Week 1-5 proponent of various Learners presentation
theories B. Illustration of ESP of outputs
4. Differentiated Stages of
classical Development
conditioning and  Register Analysis
operant conditioning  Rhetorical or
discourse Analysis:
Beyond the
Sentence
 Target Situation
 Analysis
 Skills and
Strategies
 A learner-centered
approach
C. Trends in ESP
 Research expansion
 K-12 Curriculum
 Register Growth
D. Behaviorism
Proponents
1. Behaviorism
 B.F Skinner
 Ivan Pavlov
 John Watson
 Edward Lee
Thorndike
2. Naturalist or
Nativist Theory
 Eric
Lenneberg(1967)
 Noam
Chomsky(1965)
 Mcneil(1966)
3. Constructivist
Theory
 Piaget
 Brunner
 Vygotsky
4. Social Interaction
Theory
 Vygotski
5. Emergentism and
Connectionism
 John Stewart Mill
 O Grady
 Nick Ellis
 UNIT II
At the end of the unit, the A. Development of Brainstorming Written Quiz Projector 15
students must have: ESP hours
 English for Specific Reciprocal Teaching Written Laptop
Purposes Outputs
 English as a second Manila
1. Identified the paper,
language
development of ESP cartolina
 English as a
2. Understood the Foreign Language
 English for Hand-
theories of language
Academic Purposes outs of
3. Aligned approaches,  English for topic
methods, and Occupational
techniques to Purposes
various subject  English for Science
matter and Technology
 English for
Business
Economics
B. Theories of
Language Origin
 Gestural Theory
 Behaviorism
 Chomsky’s Theory
 Social Interaction
Theory
 Critical Period
Hypothesis
 Emergentism
C. Approach,
Method, and
Techniques
Week  Teaching
Approaches
6-10
 Teaching Methods
 Teaching
 Techniques

At the end of the unit, the UNIT III

students must have: A. Outline of “A Listening of topics Written hand-outs 12
Learning- quizzes of topics hours
1. Outlined a learner- Centered Self-evaluation
centered approach Approach to ESP” Sample of
subject matter in  SECTION 1. What Mini-workshop outputs
ESP is ESP? Designing materials
2. Analyzed the needs  SECTION 2. Outline of
of learners in Course Design Presentation of outputs outputs
specific field  SECTION 3.
Week 3. Understood the Application
11-14 design model of  SECTION 4. The
materials in aligning Teacher
to the needs of the B. Needs Analysis
learners C. A Materials
Design Model
 Input
 Content
 Language
 Task

At the end of the unit, the UNIT IV

students must have: A. Deciding on Reciprocal Teaching Written LCD 12
Materials quizzes Projector hours
1. Chose and Selection and Lesson Planning
decided on Preparation of Lesson Plan Laptop
teaching Materials Instructional Material’s
materials that  Opener making Demo Speakers
will be utilized  Input Teaching
Week in teaching  Comprehension
15-18 2. Planned a lesson Check
plan considering  Vocabulary
all the factors in  Language Practice
analyzing the  Tasks
needs of the B. Lesson Planning
learners of C. Execution of
 English Lesson Plan
3. Executed a
lesson plan in a
regarding
classroom
setting
Suggested Readings and References

1. Regular class attendance

Course Requirements
2. Major examinations
Prelim Examination
Mid-term Examination
Pre-Final Examination
Final Examination
3. Activities, seat works and short quizzes
4. Portfolio/ Projects(s)Reflection paper(s)

Grading System Attendance -10%

Decorum -15%
Quizzes -20%
Participation (Recitation, Assignments,
Projects, Portfolios,etc.) -25%

Major Examination -30%

TOTAL - 100%

Classroom Policies 1. Attendance is checked regularly. Late comers will not be admitted after 15 minutes.
2. Students wearing incomplete/improper school uniform will not be admitted. Likewise, proper dress code
should be observed during school activities.
3. Electronic devices (cell phones, iPods, etc.) need to be turned off or muted during class.
4. Requirements for the subject should be submitted on time. Late submission of projects is not acceptable.
5. Students who are cheating or plagiarizing materials in the course will not receive credit for the
assignments, projects or tests which will likely to lead failure in the course.
Prepared by: Approved by:

_______________________ __________________________
CARMELITA L. DASALLA DR. MERCEDES L. MALLARI
Instructor Vice President for Academic Affairs