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1. a ) t h i s t i g h t l y crammed p u b l i c a t i o n i s v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o
r e a d b e c a u s e of s t y l e , p r e s e n t a t i o n and computer t y p e f a c e
- t h i s l a s t b e i n g m o s t t i r i n g t o t h e e y e s ;
b ) no a t t e n t i o n h a s been p a i d t o c o r r e c t s y l l a b i f i c a t i o n -
u n d o u b t e d l y b e c a u s e o f t h e l a c k of a d e q u a t e computer p r o -
grammes. Take page 1 7 3 f o r example: t o nervousbreakd-own,
t o unp-ain, r e s u - r r e c t , pai-rbond, t r a n s m - i g r a t e , etc.
P o s t - e d i t i n g would have been e x t r e m e l y d e s i r a b l e !
D r . B u r g e r ' s a p p r o a c h is c e r t a i n l y u n i q u e and a s the "Wordtree"
i s d e s i g n e d f o r c o n c e p t f i n d i n g and c a u s e / e f f e c t t r a c i n g , i t
m i g h t i n d e e d p r e s e n t a p o s s i b l e a l t e r n a t i v e to the t r a d i t i o n a l
a l p h a b e t i c a l d i c t i o n a r y which undoubtedly no l o n g e r s e r v e s a s a n
a d e q u a t e t o o l o f l i n g u i s t i c r e f e r e n c e . Whether t h i s " c l a d i s t i c "
s y s t e m w i l l p r o v e t o be a n epoch-making, v a l i d one - time a l o n e
w i l l t e l l !
Magdalena Krommer-Benz, M.A.
OF ARMS AND THE MAN:
The r e l a t i v e importance o f ARMS - A u t h e n t i c Resource M a t e r i a l s
i . e . u n d o c t o r e d o r "genuine" t e x t ) and a u t h e n t i c t a s k s and
a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h e f o s t e r i n g of t h e n e c e s s a r y communicative
s k i l l s f o r ESP " p r a c t i t i o n e r s " - i . e . , t h o s e i n v o l v e d i n ESP t e a -
c h i n g , c o u r s e d e s i g n and r e s e a r c h ; d i s c u s s i o n of t h e s h i f t i n g
f o c u s from l i n g u i s t i c t o e d u c a t i o n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y which h a s
been t h e p a t t e r n i n t h e development o f ESP d i d a c t i c t h e o r y ; t h e
s u p e r f i c i a l i t y of a n a p p r o a c h which p e r s i s t s i n viewing h i s t o r y
o f ESP as a series of a t t a c k s on t h e inadequacy o f p r e v i o u s me-
t h o d o l o g i e s ; t h e new t e c h n i c a l developments, t h e e x p l o r a t i o n s of
t h e a r t i c u l a t i o n o f d i s c o u r s e , t h e l a t e s t m e t h o d o l o g i c a l t e c h n i -
q u e s i n ESP: w h a t a f e a s t of t a s k - o r i e n t e d A u t h e n t i c Resource
M a t e r i a l s t h i s book o f f e r s t h e f u t u r e ESP t e a c h e r ( o r EST - o r ,
i n d e e d LSP t e a c h e r , f o r t h e book i s p u r p o s e f u l l y r a t h e r than n a r -
rowly, s e l e c t i v e l y r a t h e r t h a n i d i o s y n c r a t i c a l l y , conceived. )
ARMS, b e c a u s e t h e l 5 "Episodes" c o n s i s t of f i f t e e n a c t u a l i t e m s
f r o m t h e ESP l i t e r a t u r e - e l e v e n a r t i c l e s , f o u r e x t r a c t s from
t e x t books, l i n k e d i n a h i s t o r i c a l p e r s p e c t i v e , s e l e c t e d , l i b e -
r a l l y and m e a n i n g f u l l y a n n o t a t e d , by John Swales, c u r r e n t l y D i -
r e c t o r o f t h e E n g l i s h Language I n s t i t u t e and P r o f e s s o r o f Lingui-
s t i c s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Michigan, f o r m e r l y o f Aston, Birming-
ham.
S w a l e s a l l o w s h i s chosen t e x t s t o speak f o r t h e m s e l v e s i n t h a t
t h e y a r e n o t a b r i d g e d , p a r a p h r a s e d o r o t h e r w i s e manhandled, b u t ,
a s he a d m i t s on p. 208, "I am c o n s c i o u s of how p e r s o n a l t h e s e -
l e c t i o n o f E p i s o d e s h a s been ....-i t e m s which I p e r s o n a l l y have
f o u n d , and s t i l l f i n d i m a g i n a t i v e , s i g n i f i c a n t and e x c i t i n g . "
Swales' p e r s o n a l a p p r o a c h t o ESP is e s s e n t i a l l y p r a g m a t i c ; he
owns t o an i n n a t e d i s t r u s t of s e d u c t i v e t h e o r i e s t h a t o n l y work
o u t on p a p e r , and t h e s e c o n s i d e r a t i o n s have i n f l u e n c e d h i s s e l e c -
t i o n - a n d , i n e v i t a b l y , f i n d r e f l e c t i o n i n h i s e v a l u a t i v e con-
t e x t - r e v i e w , t h e " S e t t i n g " which p r e c e d e s e a c h "Episode" ; i n t h e
Published in Unesco Alsed-LSP Newsletter Vol. 8 No.2 (21) November 1985 - ISSN 0106-0341
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2. l i v e l y , o f t e n c r i t i c a l , b u t g e n e r a l l y a p t f o o t n o t e s ; and i n t h e
n a t u r e and s l a n t o f t h e " A c t i v i t i e s " and " E v a l u a t i o n s " , o s t e n s i -
b l y open-ended, o f f e r e d i n t h e t h i r d and f o u r t h s e c t i o n s of e a c h
"Episode". I t i s f o r t u n a t e t h a t Swales i s a f a i r - m i n d e d , a s w e l l
a s a w i d e l y - r e a d , w e l l - i n f o r m e d , r e f l e c t i v e and p r a g m a t i c g u i d e :
f o r h i s p r e s e n c e i s p e r v a s i v e , p e r s u a s i v e , p e r s i s t e n t , even where
t h e r e a d e r f i n d s h i m s e l f a l s o i n o t h e r d i s t i n g u i s h e d company of
"Episode" a u t h o r s s u c h a s t h e "Heavies" ( i n r e s p e c t of c l o u t , n o t
p o n d e r o u s n e s s ) Widdowson, B a r b e r , T r i m b l e , T a r o n e , o r of t h e
( o n c e ) Young T u r k s s u c h a s S e l i n k e r .
The a u t h o r s , a l t h o u g h a l l E n g l i s h n a t i v e - s p e a k e r s , a f a c t . S w a l e s
b e l a t e d l y d e p l o r e s , produced t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n s a g a i n s t a back-
ground of p r a c t i c a l work i n n i n e d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s and r e p r e -
s e n t , i t is c l a i m e d , a wide c r o s s - s e c t i o n of p r o f e s s i o n a l a c t i v i -
t y : t h e s e l e c t i o n s u g g e s t s t h a t t h e s u c c e s s f u l ESP p r a c t i t i o n e r
i s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y t h e academic ; t h e b r e a d t h and e s s e n t i a l p r a c -
t i c a l n e s s o f t h i s a p p r o a c h i s v e r y much Swales' own.
" E p i s o d e s " a d d r e s s e s i t s e l f f i r s t and f o r e m o s t t o t e a c h e r t r a i -
n e r s and t r a i n e e s , t e a c h e r s s t u d y i n g f o r TEFL e x a m i n a t i o n s , and
s t u d e n t s of a p p l i e d l i n g u i s t i c s . I t aims t o p r o v i d e a n i n i t i a t i o n
i n t o t h e o c c a s i o n a l l y b a f f l i n g world of ESP, f o s t e r i n g t h e deve-
1-opment of t h e c r i t i c a l f a c u l t y , y e t r e t a i n i n g and f a n n i n g t h a t
s p a r k o f e n t h u s i a s t i c c u r i o s i t y ( o r c u r i o u s e n t h u s i a s m ? ) which
l e d t h e s t u d e n t t o e x p l o r e t h e m y s t e r i e s of ESP i n t h e f i r s t
p l a c e .
S w a l e s i s , o b v i o u s l y , p e r f e c t l y w e l l aware t h a t o t h e r c o l l e a g u e s
who h a v e , i n h i s somewhat f a n c i f u l p h r a s e , " s p e n t y e a r s c h a r t i n g
t h e c o a s t l i n e s of t h e m y s t e r i o u s and f a s c i n a t i n g world of ESP"
m i g h t h a v e , p r o b a b l y would h a v e , made a l t e r n a t i v e s e l e c t i o n s and
a s s e s s m e n t s , and r e a c h e d o t h e r c o n c l u s i o n s .
"Only time w i l l t e l l whether I have persuaded ( s i c ) t h e ESP p r o -
f e s s i o n t h a t t h e i r judgments m i g h t a c c o r d w i t h mine." ( p . x i i i ) .
Given t h e d e g r e e o f p e r s u a s i v e n e s s m a n i f e s t e d by e v e n , a s h e r e , a
d e t e r m i n e d l y and u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y l o w - p r o f i l e S w a l e s , "Episo-
d e s " may be p r e d i c t e d t o r e v e a l i t s t r u e c o l o u r s a s a n i n f l u e n -
t i a l m i l e s t o n e i n t h e f u l l n e s s o f time, when t h e n e x t ESP h i s t o -
r i a n comes t o s i n g of t h e s e p a r t i c u l a r ARMS and t h i s p a r t i c u l a r
Man.
I found t h e book f a s c i n a t i n g . A s r e g a r d s m o t i v a t i o n and r e l e v a n c e
f o r ESP t r a i n e e t e a c h e r s , i t is hard t o e n v i s a g e ARMS o f g r e a t e r
immediate a p p e a l o r p o t e n t i a l impact.
EPISODES I N ESP i s b u i l t up a s f o l l o w s :
Con t e n t s :
I n t r o d u c t i o n (Swales )
Episode One 1962 C. L. B a r b e r , "Some Measurable Charac-
t e r i s t i c s of Modern S c i e n t i f i c P r o s e "
Episode Two 196 5 A . J . H e r b e r t , The S t r u c t u r e of Tech-
n i c a l E n g l i s h

3. E p i s o d e T h r e e 1967
E p i s o d e F o u r 1 9 7 1
E p i s o d e F i v e 1971-2
E p i s o d e S i x 1 9 7 2
E p i s o d e Seven 1974
E p i s o d e E i g h t 1976
E p i s o d e Nine 1 9 7 8
E p i s o d e Ten 1 9 7 8
E p i s o d e E l e v e n 197 9
E p i s o d e Twelve 1 9 8 0
E p i s o d e T h i r t e e n 1980
E p i s o d e F o u r t e e n 1980
E p i s o d e F i f t e e n 1981
R e t r o s p e c t S w a l e s
P r o s p e c t S w a l e s
I n d e x
J o h n J. H i g g i n s , "Hard F a c t s ( N o t e s o n
T e a c h i n g E n g l i s h t o S c i e n c e S t u d e n t s ) "
J o h n S w a l e s , W r i t i n g S c i e n t i f i c Enq--
l i s h
J. R. Ewer and E. Hughes-Davies, "Fur-
t h e r Notes on D e v e l o p i n g a n E n g l i s h
Programme f o r S t u d e n t s of S c i e n c e and
T e c h n o l o g y "
J o h n E. Lackstrom, L a r r y S e l i n k e r a n d
L o u i s P. T r i m b l e , "Grammar and T e c h n i -
c a l E n g l i s h "
J. P. B . A l l e n a n d H. G. Widdowson,
" T e a c h i n g t h e Communicative U s e of
E n g l i s h "
M a r t i n B a t e s and Tony Dudley-Evans,
N u c l e u s G e n e r a l S c i e n c e
M. K. P h i l l i p s and C. C. S h e t t l e s -
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C o n s i d e r a t i o n o f Two A p p r o a c h e s t o
P r o v i d i n g Materials f o r ESP"
Karl D r o b n i c , James H e r b o l i c h , P a u l
F a n n i n g and P h i 1 S k e l d o n , "Teaching
and L e a r n i n g Materials"
James B. H e r b o l i c h , "Box Kites"
T. F. J o h n s and A. Dudley-Evans, "An
E x p e r i m e n t i n Team-teaching o f Over-
s e a s P o s t g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t s of T r a n s -
p o r t a t i o n and P l a n t B i o l o g y "
J o h n Moore e t a l . Reading and T h i n k i n g
i n E n g l i s h - D i s c o u r s e i n A c t i o n
Tom H u t c h i n s o n and A l a n W a t e r s , "ESP
a t t h e C r o s s r o a d s "
E l a i n e T a r o n e , S h a r o n Dwyer, S u s a n
G i l l e t t e and V i n c e n t I c k e , "On t h e Use
o f t h e P a s s i v e i n Two A s t r o p h y s i c s
J o u r n a l P a p e r s "
JENNIFER DRASKAU
HERIBERT PICHT AND JENNIFER DRASKAU: TERMINOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION
T h i s i n t r o d u c t o r y c o u r s e i n t e r m i n o l o g y h a s f i n a l l y come o u t .
T h e r e h a s b e e n a d e f i n i t e g a p i n t h e E n g l i s h t e r m i n o l o g y l i t e r a -
t u r e f o r a handbook/coursebook which t h e p r e s e n t work w i l l v e r y
a p t l y f i l l . I t owes i t s o r i g i n t o a number o f r e s i d e n t i a l c o u r s e s
h e l d o v e r t h e y e a r s i n Denmark, Venezuela and England f o r v a r i o u s
i n t e r n a t i o n a l t a r g e t g r o u p s . The c o u r s e h a s been p u b l i s h e d i n
r e v i s e d w r i t t e n form by The U n i v e r s i t y o f S u r r e y , where a s e m i n a r
w a s h e l d by t h e two a u t h o r s i n t h e s p r i n g o f 1985. The s u g g e s t e d
t a r g e t g r o u p s a r e s t u d e n t s a i m i n g a t a p p l i e d l a n g u a g e d e g r e e s and
d i p l o m a s i n t r a n s l a t i o n .
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