3. Course Name: English for specific purposes
Course credits: 3 units
Course Description: This course introduces the prospective teacher to
the basis to the basics of the English and the
purposes this language serves. This course
focuses on how one can use language in the
Teaching profession, academically and
functionally. Students are honed in terms of the
skills they need to posses as they graduate from
college and prepare them for what is to come and
what they have to do as they enter the profession
Contact hours per week 3 hours
Prerequisite None
Course Objectives At the end of the course, the students are
expected to be able to:
1. Recognizes the function, faces and aspects of
the English Language and its relation to
Teacher Education
2. clearly situate the role of the English language
in achieving professional and personal growth
and
3. construct possible ways through personal and
educational style by which one can help in the
4. COURSE OUTLINE AND TIME FRAME
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
1. INTRODUCTION
a. What is ESP?
b. How it is different from Gen. English?
c. What are its absolute and relative
characteristic?
d. what are its types?
2.Bussiness letter vs. Friendly Letter
a. Parts of the business letter
b. Types of business letter
c. Forms of business letter
d. Punctuation style used in writing
business letter
5. Desired
learning
outcome (DLO)
Course
Content/
subject matter
Textbook/
Reference
Teaching
Learning
Activities
(TLA’s)
Assessment
Task
Resources
Material
Time table
• Paraphrase
d data
about ESP
taken from
the various
sources
and share
with group
mates
• Explained
the
different
char. Of
ESP
• Summarize
d the
developme
nt of ESP
through a
timeline
1. Introduction
a. What is
ESP?
b. How it is
different
from Gen.
English?
c. What are
its
absolute
and
relative
characteris
tic?
d. what are
its types?
Gonzales, C.,
Talavera, G.
and Mangilit,
SJ.
(2006) English
for Business.
Cubao,
Quezon City,
Metro Manila:
Lorimar
Publishing Co.,
Inc,
Royster, J.&
Lester, M.
(1994) Writer’s
Choice USA:
Mcmillan/
McGraw-Hill
Publishng Co.
• Lecture-
Discussion
• Q an A
• Research
Work
• Individual
Activity
Paper
• Paper-pencil
Test
• Socialized
recitation
• Activity
sheets
• Laptop
• Projector
• handouts
3 hours
SAMPLE LEARNING PLAN