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Novita Aryanti 201012500637
Putri Puji Lestari 201012500608
Thalita Anette 201012500776
What is ESP?
is an approach to language
teaching in which all
decisions as to content
and method are based
on the learners reason
for learning.
There are three main reasons :
Three Reasons :
1. The demands of a Brave New World
2. A revolution in linguistic
3. Focus on the learner
Demands of a Brave New World
English was the key to the international currencies of
technology and commerce.
A revolution in linguistics
If language varies from on e situation of use to
another, it should be possible to determine the
features of specific situations and then make these
features the basis of the learner’s course.
Focus on the learner
The development of courses in which “relevance” to
the learners’ needs and interests was paramount.
The origins of esp