TASK 2 – DEFINING ESP

PABLO EMILIO LOPEZ PATIÑO

SANDRA VIVIANA BAYONA
BRIAN ANDRES FELIPE CHAPARRO
ADRIANA PILAR MARTINEZ
YULI JASVEIDY ESPITIA. CODE: 1055332105

TUTOR

JULIO TULANDE

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTADIA UNAD

TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

CEAD DUITAMA

OCTUBRE DE 2019
 1. Check the topics for Unit 1 and reflect about the definition of ESP. Write your own
definition of this concept in about 150 words. Consider stating what you can add or
delete from the definition given in the study materials. Consider your experience as
a language learner and teacher to propose a definition that is clear and easy to
understand for your classmates.

PABLO EMILIO LOPEZ PATIÑO

ESP has made me realize that knowing how to use a language isn´t enough. It´s not a
matter of speaking the language itself. It’s also being able to teach it and to teach the
variety of branches it is made up of. A language is like medicine. Once a student graduates
as a general practitioner he or she needs to specialize on one of the variety of branches
medicine has in order to be one more step ahead form a practitioner. So, we teachers need
to expand our vocabulary skills if are faced to teach students with different needs. In this
case professional ones. In other words, a person whose field of study is industrial
engineering must know vocabulary and expressions a person whose level of English is way
better doesn´t. Thus, a teacher needs not only to be prepared to teach an engineer how to
acquire the language in terms of the skills required but also to include the target vocabulary
this students is aiming at. ESP is a way to make a learner no matter his/her needs learn
using the appropriate teaching tools to make his/her learning process successful.

SANDRA VIVIANA BAYONA

The concept of English for specific purposes is an approach to the needs learner, it is the
focus that we give to the real goal or output that we want to achieve since the source
language until target language, it means that is not a finished product , but it does involve
materials, analysis, and this concept let us tackle the right way to learning English depends
on our job, our experiences and our context, for this reason, it is not the same purpose for
the academic or for the science because each one has different matter of studies, so when
we are learning in the school and we start to know other languages, our specific purpose is
academic, it consists in increasing vocabulary, giving meanings and to access to the first
basis, afterwards, when we need to choose a job or specific career we need to reach a strong
communication to understand the chosen field and can act according to defined parameters
and codes.

BRIAN ANDRES FELIPE CHAPARRO

English for specific purposes is a good approach to get closer to the needs of the students,
because it takes into account the different needs and skills that the students have, and I
think that this is a big difference with other approaches since it is more focused on the
student. I understand that other approaches also focus more or less on the student, but ESP
is intended to give the student a direct approach in his of her learning situation, being this
academic or professional. Thus the ESP course is designed to get the discourse of these
specific subjects, for example, for a student of business management, the course will
include those features of business language in English, if it is for a student of engineering,
the course will include engineering words and grammar meanings. The ESP courses are
intended mostly to students that are mature or study outside.

ADRIANA PILAR MARTINEZ

ESP is not a subject of a single population that has the need to learn, in order to teach it
later, but it is about the way in which it has evolved day by day so that we can all learn the
language. Not only is it now about taking a course to determine what need is in accordance
with the profession but it is about the fact that it is now a necessity for everyone, no matter
what role we play, it is about developing all the English language skills, for which We must
prepare ourselves to apply different methodologies according to the specific citations,
keeping in mind that not all of us learn with the same methods and master the same
techniques
YULI JASVEIDY ESPITIA

English teaching technique is a method of that focuses specifically on a type of scientific or

technical teaching, since students have a purpose of learning not so much educational, but a
particular objective as business, where they can develop skills necessary to function in a
specific discipline, profession or workplace.
ESP has evolved day by day, making us learn the English language, developing its own
approaches, materials and methodology, becoming an active and material driven movement
and as an activity in the classroom related to practical results.
 2. Make a metal map about the evolution or development of ESP in recent years.
Include all the main types of ESP and how this can relate to ELT in general.

PABLO EMILIO LOPEZ PATIÑO

SANDRA VIVIANA BAYONA
BRIAN ANDRES FELIPE CHAPARRO
YULI JASVEIDY ESPITIA

ADRIANA PILAR MARTINEZ

 3. Considering the current perspectives in teaching ESP, write a short reflection on
the role of technology in teaching English for
Specific purposes.

PABLO EMILIO LOPEZ PATIÑO

I think that. The use of technology in English for Specific Purposes is the same as using it
in learning English for general purposes. It´s good method to approach the target language
because the students are exposed to a variety of authentic material. They can also have the
chance to interact with native speakers through the use websites designed for this purpose.
In addition to that, technology provides opportunities for students to improve their learning
skills playing on-line games

SANDRA VIVIANA BAYONA

Currently The role of technology is dead serious, because there are many tools in the cloud
and many resources for taking advantages, but it is important that in the different fields
exists a monitor or leader to choose the best activities, the better and needed applications
and discard others, it means that despite the technology is wide and is involved in the world
, it need to be control and monitored the information to avoid an excessive and saturation.

The technology is a big compliment to specific purposes, it is maybe the revolution in the
different fields, it promotes changes in the way to overcome distances, difficulties to teach
and learn, it is the mean that offers many possibilities and for This reason, we need to take
the best of it.

BRIAN ANDRES FELIPE CHAPARRO

English for specific purposes is a good approach to get closer to the needs of the students,
because it takes into account the different needs and skills that the students have, and I
think that this is a big difference with other approaches since it is more focused on the
student. I understand that other approaches also focus more or less on the student, but ESP
is intended to give the student a direct approach in his of her learning situation, being this
academic or professional. Thus the ESP course is designed to get the discourse of these
specific subjects, for example, for a student of business management, the course will
include those features of business language in English, if it is for a student of engineering,
the course will include engineering words and grammar meanings. The ESP courses are
intended mostly to students that are mature or study outside.

YULI JASVEIDY ESPITIA

Currently, technology in teaching English for specific purposes is influencing the lives of
human beings in an accelerated way, present in all its fields, it is a tool that facilitates
knowledge processes, allows to plan, direct, execute and control in an organized way, in
addition technology helps to strengthen the skills and competences in the understanding
and interpretation of the language, either orally or written, as an interactive and dynamic
medium and at the same time as a production of significant and dynamic knowledge, thanks
to the use of educational platforms and programs. The attractive designs, the complement
between sound, image and touch make learning integral and much more entertaining.

ADRIANA PILAR MARTINEZ