This document discusses course design for English for Specific Purposes (ESP). It emphasizes the importance of gathering information through questions to appropriately tailor a course. The key points are: 1. ESP teaching requires determining the specific needs, knowledge, and learners to design an effective course. 2. To properly design an ESP course, teachers must ask questions about why, how, when, where, and who students need to use English in order to determine the syllabus, materials, teaching methods, and evaluation. 3. A variety of question types are important, including general, specific, theoretical, and practical questions, to fully understand the learners' needs and context.

1. Course design
Unit 2
by Lic. Gilberto A. Oceguera Rodriguez
“I keep six honest serving- men
(They taught me all I knew.)
Their names are What and Why and
When And How and Where and Who.
(Rudyard Kipling)

2. Quick Review
O BY STATING
ESP
O We conclude:
1. An approach(methodology) to language
2.
3.
4.
5.
teaching.
The purpose of the needs with specific
knowledge to particular learners.
To appropriate a course for a group of
learners.
For the GE teacher is a minor task just to
follow up a book.
But to ESP teachers is often a large and
important part of the amount of work.

3. How do we start designing a
course?
O Asking questions such as :
O Why do you need English for?
O What materials do you use everyday?
O What is the vocabulary you use?
O When do you have to use English?
O Where do you go or practice your
business?
O Who do you talk to?

4. How do we start designing a
course?
O You need to ask lots of questions in order
to provide a reason basis to able to design
your:
1. Syllabus
(program)
2. Writing materials.
(readings, flash cards, games ,etc.)
3. Classroom teaching
4. Evaluation

5. What kind of questions do we
need to ask?
O General.
O Specific
O Theoretical.
O Practical.