Current perspectives in teaching English for specific purposes

Jesus Garcia Laborda ^[1] ; Mary Frances Litzler ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Alcalá
  
  Universidad de Alcalá
  
  Alcalá de Henares, España
Localización: Onomázein: Revista de lingüística, filología y traducción de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, ISSN 0718-5758, ISSN-e 0717-1285, Nº. 31, 2015, págs. 38-51
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Interest in Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) courses has grown in recent years (Harding, 2007). For this reason a paper on the current situation in the field is of relevance. The present article provides a discussion of English for Specific Purposes and it does so by reviewing the history and background of this area of teaching, proposing a definition, and describing issues affecting it today, such as course design and needs analysis, context, student and teacher characteristics, materials, and expected directions for the future.